Viewpoints Explained: Fewer Births, Smaller Future: Why The Human Population Is Shrinking
This is Viewpoints Explained… For much of the 20th century, governments around the world were worried about people having too many kids. now, countries are grappling with the opposite issue. In the U.S. and other developed nations, birth rates are falling fast. last year, the U.S. hit a record low fertility rate of 1.6 children per woman on average. go back to 2007 and this same statistical measure was 2.1 children per woman, according to the Centers For Disease Control […]
