For the first time since 2014 birthrates in the United States increased…(Bloomberg)
The total number of births rose to 3.66 million in 2021, up from 3.61 million the year before, provisional data released by the National Center for Health Statistics showed Tuesday. Last year’s 1% gain marked a big turnaround from the 3.8% drop in 2020, which had outpaced the average 2% annual decline over the 2014-20 period.
It is important to remember that despite the fertility rate last year increasing to 1,663.5 births per 1,000 women this is still well under the 2,100 needed to meet the replacement rate. Births have been consistently below the replacement rate since 2007.