The U.S. has seen a decline in birth rates since the Great Recession as society changes its tune on parenthood and family planning.

With declining birth rates and increasing longevity ... And if consumption rates in developing countries increase to the current levels in developed nations, humans will use 90 percent.

Once they began, these declines proceeded much more rapidly than they did in the developed countries. The fact that death rates decline before birth rates has led to a population explosion in ...

Birth rates have fallen and are expected to drop further in ... The current 13-year difference in median age between developed and developing countries is much larger than it was 60 years ago. As ...

Since then, there has been a rapid increase in the world’s population so that in 2011 it passed 7 billion. The majority of this population growth is, again, in the developing world.

Without action, “younger people will inherit lower economic growth and shoulder the cost of more retirees", especially in some wealthy countries ... falls in their birth rates.

How does the U.S. compare to other countries? According to the United Nations' world population data, the average global birth rate is 16.52 births per 1,000 people. The U.S. is among the ...

Since then, there has been a rapid increase in the world’s population so that in 2011 it passed 7 billion. The majority of this population growth is, again, in the developing world.