"The fertility rate among teens and young adults from ages 15 to 19 is down seven percent, and it's down 70% over the last two decades, meaning we're telling people that are young not to have babies, to wait until they're in a more stable life situation until they're more financially secure."
"Last year, nearly 126,000 babies were born to mothers between the ages of 15 and 19. The age group's birth rate was 11.7 births per 1,000 females, a significant drop from 61.8 births per 1,000 in 1991."
"The replacement rate is down to 1.56, meaning every couple is having, on average, 1.56 children in the United States. We need two or above to keep the population at the same amount."
The U.S. fertility rate has reached a record low, with births per 1,000 women of childbearing age dropping from 53.8 in 2024 to 53.1 last year. Birth rates among teenagers aged 15 to 19 have decreased by seven percent in the past year and by 70 percent over the last two decades. The average number of children per couple is now 1.56, below the replacement rate of two. This trend indicates a shift towards having children later in life, often in their 30s rather than 20s.
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