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Is a global birth rate crisis looming and will U.S. be part of it?

As overall fertility falls globally, Latin American and Caribbean countries are experiencing fertility drops that are unexpected and have been hard to explain so far. Countries that typically had large families in those regions are joining most of the rest of the world in declining fertility.

That news is not actually new. In 2023, Americas Quarterly reported that Brazil “shrank” by close to 5 million people if you count children who were never born due to falling birth rates. It’s a trend that shows that birth rates are heading down, while ramifications head up.

“Brazil is not alone. For half a century, fertility rates around the world have been drifting downwards thanks to a confluence of rising education levels, greater labor force participation by women, strengthened reproductive rights, and wider access to contraception. But in several Latin American and Caribbean countries, this decline has recently accelerated to an unexpected degree that even experts are struggling to explain," the article said.

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