There is no consensus on why fertility rates are plunging worldwide, in both rich and poor countries alike. Theories of modernization, with advancements in health, women’s status, and economic prosperity, have often been cited by demographers and economists as factors that precipitate downward trends in fertility. But this model of…| The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
UNFPA State of World Population 2025| United Nations Population Fund
Birth rates in the United States are near record lows, but not for everyone. Indeed, under the surface of the fertility decline since 2007 is a little noticed fact: fertility has declined much more among nonreligious Americans than among the devout. Data from the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) from 1982 to 2019, along with data from four waves of the Demographic Intelligence Family Survey (DIFS) from 2020 to 2022, point to a widening gap in fertility rates between more religious and ...| Institute for Family Studies
By 2050, over three-quarters of countries will not have high enough fertility rates to sustain population size over time. This will increase to 97% of countries by 2100.| Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, being knowledgeable and having a decent standard of living. The HDI is the geometric mean of normalized indices for each of the three dimensions.| hdr.undp.org
