Typically known for large families, the birth rates in Latin America and the Caribbean are declining.

A new paper from a Nobel-prize-winning economist provides an intriguing solution to the puzzle of declining birth rates around the world: more supportive men. Why it matters: Low fertility rates in ...

A decade ago, Chile had a relatively robust and stable total fertility rate of around 1.6, roughly the current rate in the U.S. Then Chile began plunging again to the current rate of 1.1.

For example, teen birth rates among Native (20.9), Hispanic (20.8), Pacific Islander (21.2), and Black (19.3) teens were more than double that of white teens (8.4) and over ten times higher than ...

Pronatalists’ core argument that a higher birth rate would increase the size of the labor force overlooks some short-term consequences.

As the Trump administration floats potential incentives to bring up the U.S. birth rate, experts tell PBS News that increasing a country’s birth rate is a heavy lift — if it’s possible at all.

Discover the global trend of declining birth rates and its implications for economies and societies. Explore the cases of New ...

Writers Noel King and Miles Bryan theorized that the widespread accessibility of technology in today's age is largely responsible for a widespread decline in birth rates.

Video games, TikTok, social media, Netflix and even PornHub are on the shortlist of culprits keeping people in front of their smartphone screens and away from the outside world.