New provisional data published by the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) shows that the U.S. birth rate has hit a record low, and is now significantly below the replacement rate.
“The birth rate on Earth is so low that we’re facing civilizational collapse unless the birth rate returns to a sustainable level,” said Elon Musk, who has commented publicly on the disastrous effects of a falling birthrate.
The overall birth rate and the number of new babies born in the U.S. have been dropping dramatically for years, with 2020 seeing a sharp, 4 percent decrease during COVID lockdowns.
Following the 2020 drop, the Birth rate showed signs of rising, returning from its 2020 low, and slightly increasing through 2022.
The increase from 2020-2022 was not indicative of a general upward trend in births.
The CDC findings showed that, from 2022-2023, the downward trend resumed, with 2023 seeing a 2% decrease in births from 2022.
Throughout the whole of 2023, only 3,591,328 babies were born, the lowest number of babies born in a single year since 1979.
Those numbers reflect a drop in the birth rate to 1.6 births per woman, the lowest rate on record, and significantly below the rate of replacement.
That number is calculated based on yearly fertility rates, and estimates the total number of children that a woman will have in her lifetime.
In order for a generation to produce enough children to replace its numbers entirely, and avoid an overall population decline, the birth rate needs to be roughly 2.1 births per woman, meaning that current levels will result in a steady population decline.
The data also showed that the decline in childbirth has been more prominent among younger women, who historically accounted for a larger portion of the children born.
More recently, birth rates rose among women between 30 and 40, while falling among younger women.
2023 saw the largest number of births coming from women between 30-34, with 1,096,696 children being born to women in that age group.
Despite that, the number of births in all age groups, including 30-34, decreased from 2022 except among women 40-44 and 45-54, which remained largely the same, with an extremely minor increase.
The findings also showed that roughly one third, 32.4 percent, of all births took place via cesarean section.
The current findings are only the provisional numbers, and are subject to change upon the release of the final numbers, but CDC officials have said that any changes will not revise the numbers enough to show an overall increase rather than decrease in births.
The CDC report comes as illegal immigrants have been entering the country in unprecedented numbers.
If the birth rate continues to decline, and if illegal immigration continues to increase, or if it maintains its current level, The United States is set to take in more illegal immigrants than the number of babies born in the country.
According to data from the Republicans on the House Committee on Homeland Security, fiscal year 2023 saw 3.2 million illegal immigrants encountered entering the country by Customs and Border Patrol, compared to the roughly 3.6 million babies born in America in 2023.
This is the plan, isn’t it? LGBTQIA+:folks will bear no children, nor will children who have been neutered during the awkward adolescent years. Leftists don’t really care about personal contentment, they strive for zero population growth. It looks like they’ve overachieved. .
Hmmm … Do you suppose that the slaughter of nearly one million babies per year in the US via abortion might have something to do with that decline? Hmmm …
People go have babies its fun and plenty of tax advantages. Just homeschool them and raise them the right way then there’s more high functioning people in our society. Its a win win win scenario.
Hmmm. Interesting. How come civilization didn’t collapse when the population of the planet was around 2 billion a hundred years or so ago? I don’t get why these folks are calling for more people on the planet. Hasn’t any one of them ever sat in traffic?
Let’s see, abortion, contraception, homoism, butchering children with transgenderism, promotion of women in the work force(women’s lib), breakdown of the family unit, the feminizing of maleness etc- why should this be surprising?