While the standard image of the nuclear family with two parents and 2.5 children has persisted in the American imagination, the number of births in the U.S. has steadily been decreasing since 1990, with about 3.6 million babies born in 2023. In 1990, this figure was 4.16 million. Birth and replacement rates A country’s birth rate is defined as the number of live births per 1,000 inhabitants, and it is this particularly important number that has been decreasing over the past few decades. The declining birth rate is not solely an American problem, with EU member states showing comparable rates to the U.S. Additionally, each country has what is called a “replacement rate.” The replacement rate is the rate of fertility needed to keep a population stable when compared with the death rate. In the U.S., the fertility rate needed to keep the population stable is around 2.1 children per woman, but this figure was at 1.67 in 2022. Falling birth rates Currently, there is much discussion as to what exactly is causing the birth rate to decrease in the United States. There seem to be several factors in play, including longer life expectancies, financial concerns (such as the economic crisis of 2008), and an increased focus on careers, all of which are causing people to wait longer to start a family. How international governments will handle falling populations remains to be seen, but what is clear is that the declining birth rate is a multifaceted problem without an easy solution.

In the United States, the crude birth rate in 1800 was 48.3 live births per thousand people, meaning that 4.8 percent of the population had been born in that year. Between 1815 and 1825 the crude birth rate jumped from 46.5 to 54.7 (possibly due to Florida becoming a part of the US, but this is unclear), but from this point until the Second World War the crude birth rate dropped gradually, reaching 19.2 in 1935. Through the 1940s, 50s and 60s the US experienced it's baby boom, and the birth rate reached 24.1 in 1955, before dropping again until 1980. From the 1980s until today the birth rate's decline has slowed, and is expected to reach twelve in 2020, meaning that just over 1 percent of the population will be born in 2020.

Graph and download economic data for Crude Birth Rate for the United States (SPDYNCBRTINUSA) from 1960 to 2023 about birth, crude, rate, and USA.

Number and percentage of live births, by month of birth, 1991 to most recent year.

The graph illustrates the number of babies born in the United States from 1995 to 2025. The x-axis represents the years, labeled from '95 to '25, while the y-axis shows the annual number of births. Over this 30-year period, birth numbers peaked at 4,316,233 in 2007 and reached a low of 3,596,017 in 2023. The data reveals relatively stable birth rates from 1995 to 2010, with slight fluctuations, followed by a gradual decline starting around 2017. The information is presented in a line graph format, effectively highlighting the long-term downward trend in U.S. birth numbers over the specified timeframe.

In 2021, around 373,594 babies were born while 267,651 people died in the state of Texas in the United States. In comparison, there were 34,333 deaths and 35,670 babies born in Connecticut in that same year.

The average for 2022 based on 195 countries was 18.38 births per 1000 people. The highest value was in Niger: 45.03 births per 1000 people and the lowest value was in Hong Kong: 4.4 births per 1000 people. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

This statistic shows the 50 metropolitan areas with the highest birth rate in the United States in 2023. Birth rate is the total number of live births per 1,000 of a population in a particular year. The Hinesville metro area in Georgia was ranked first with 18.69 births per 1,000 residents in 2023.

Dataset

This dataset was created by Doug Cresswell

Released under GPL 2

Contents

Graph and download economic data for Fertility Rate, Total for the United States (SPDYNTFRTINUSA) from 1960 to 2023 about fertility, rate, and USA.

"This CD-ROM contains tables and other pertinent documents for Vital Statistics of the United States, 1994, Volume I, Natality. The collection provides information on live births in the United States during calendar year 1994. Data are presented in table format and include live births, birthrates, and fertility rates by several variables including geographic area; mother's age, race, education, marital status, and Hispanic origin; father's age, race, and Hispanic origin; child's race; Apgar s core; birthweight; live-birth order; parity; place of delivery and attendant; plurality; prenatal care; day of birth, and resident status. Births to nonresidents of the US are excluded from all tabulations by place of residence. Births occurring to US citizens outside of the US are not included. Geographic variables describing residence for births include state, county, city, standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA), urban places, and the United States or all reporting areas."

Note to Users: This CD is part of a collection located in the Data Archive at the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The collection is located in Room 10, Manning Hall. Users may check out the CDs, subscribing to the honor system. Items may be checked out for a period of two weeks. Loan forms are located adjacent to the collection.

Context

Births in U.S during 1994 to 2003.

Content

The data set has the following structure:

• year - Year

• month - Month

• date_of_month - Day number of the month

• day_of_week - Day of week, where 1 is Monday and 7 is Sunday

• births - Number of births

Acknowledgements

Data set from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National National Center for Health Statistics

Inspiration

Make a dictionary that shows total number of births on each day of week?

US_births_2000-2014_SSA.csv` contains U.S. births data for the years 2000 to 2014, as provided by the Social Security Administration.

Details:

This dataset contains a single very long daily time series representing the number of births in US from 01/01/1969 to 31/12/1988. It was extracted from R mosaicData package. The length of this time series is 7305.

Niger had the highest birth rate in the world in 2024, with a birth rate of 46.6 births per 1,000 inhabitants. Angola, Benin, Mali, and Uganda followed. Except for Afghanistan, all 20 countries with the highest birth rates in the world were located in Sub-Saharan Africa. High infant mortality The reasons behind the high birth rates in many Sub-Saharan African countries are manyfold, but a major reason is that infant mortality remains high on the continent, despite decreasing steadily over the past decades, resulting in high birth rates to counter death rates. Moreover, many nations in Sub-Saharan Africa are highly reliant on small-scale farming, meaning that more hands are of importance. Additionally, polygamy is not uncommon in the region, and having many children is often seen as a symbol of status. Fastest-growing populations As the high fertility rates coincide with decreasing death rates, countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have the highest population growth rates in the world. As a result, Africa's population is forecast to increase from 1.4 billion in 2022 to over 3.9 billion by 2100.

In 2024, popular kids-specific app YouTube Kids saw U.S. kids aged between 4 and 18 years spending 108 minutes on average on the platform's mobile app. Children and teens in the United States spent on average 86 minutes per day on the YouTube mobile app. Netflix followed, with young users spending on average 46 minutes per day watching video content on the popular streaming platform via mobile.

This dataset includes all births for a given year and includes all items released in the public-use file. Additional information in this file includes state and county of residence (cities with a population of 100,000 or greater) and exact date of birth (which includes day of month, month, and year).

In 2024, children and young teens in the United States have spent an average of 34 minutes on IXL learning app. The online lessons' app, Khan Academy, ranked second as U.S. kids spent 14 minutes per day using the app. The mobile app Quizlet followed, reporting a daily engagement of approximately 10 minutes from young users in the country. In comparison, children in the U.S. spent approximately 90 minutes per day on the popular communication app Snapchat, as well as an average of 33 minutes using Discord.

Graph and download economic data for Single-Parent Households with Children as a Percentage of Households with Children (5-year estimate) in Day County, SD (S1101SPHOUSE046037) from 2009 to 2023 about Day County, SD; single-parent; SD; households; 5-year; and USA.

The rate of legal abortions in the United States has decreased over the last few decades. In 2022, there were around 19.9 legal abortions per 100 live births, whereas the rate was 34 abortions per 100 live births in the year 1990. Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court in 2022, states within the U.S. have the right to severely limit or completely ban abortion if they wish, meaning that access to such procedures varies significantly depending on the state or region. Abortion in the U.S. In 2022, there were over 613,000 legal abortions in the United States. Abortion rates in the U.S. are highest among women aged 25 to 29 years and more common among unmarried women than those who are married. In 2022, there were approximately 38 legal abortions per 100 live births among unmarried women compared to four abortions per 100 live births among women who were married.
Public opinion The issue of abortion has been and remains a divisive topic among the general public and continues to be a relevant political issue. As of May 2023, around 44 percent of the population was estimated to be pro-life, while 52 percent were pro-choice and three percent mixed or neither. However, this distribution has fluctuated over the years, with pro-lifers accounting for a larger percentage than pro-choicers as recently as 2019.