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United States birth rate (births per 1000 population). [1] The US Census Bureau defines baby boomers as those born between mid-1946 and mid-1964 (shown in red). [2]The middle of the 20th century was marked by a significant and persistent increase in fertility rates in many countries of the world, especially in the Western world.
The term baby boom refers to a noticeable increase in the birth rate. The post-World War II population increase was described as a "boom" by various newspaper reporters, including Sylvia F. Porter in a column in the May 4, 1951, edition of the New York Post, based on the increase of 2,357,000 in the population of the U.S. from 1940 to 1950.
Throughout the 1960s, the fertility rate remained high, resulting in the Aboriginal baby boom peaking in 1967 – about ten years after the postwar baby boom in Canada. [5] While Aboriginal fertility has remained higher than the overall Canadian birth rate, it has decreased from four times in the 1960s to one-and-a-half times today.
Amid falling birth rates and growing numbers of U.S. adults opting to remain child-free, boomer and Generation X grandparents are mourning the prospect of ever becoming grandparents. However ...
Baby boomers are the post-World War II generation, a time that saw an unprecedented jump in the American birth rate. Boomers are now between ages 58 and 76, and all of them will be 65 or older by...
The birth rate in America has long been on a decline, with the fertility rate reaching historic lows in 2023. More women between ages 25 to 44 aren’t having children, for a number of reasons.
The rate of population growth in the early 2020s was at a historic low, driven mainly by immigration. [50] At current trend, Millennials are on track to have the lowest birth rate in history. [31] [51] [52] Between 1990 and 2015, the number of married couples aged 18 to 34 with children dropped from 37% to 25%. [53]
The birth rate in major U.S. cities is lower than the national average. Across all locations, the average rate of women aged 15 to 50 having a child in 2022 is 5.2%, compared to 5.0% in major cities.