The number of births in America in 2024 increased from 2023, but the fertility rate declined, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on July 24.
Births rose 1 percent from 2023 to 2024, the CDC said in a brief. The number of births in 2024 was 3.62 million.
That’s down from 3.9 million in 2010 and 16 percent lower than the peak of 4.3 million in 2007. It’s about the same as most recent years, although just 3.59 million were logged in 2023.
The fertility rate among females aged 15 to 44, on the other hand, declined by 1 percent in 2024 to 53.8 births per 1,000.
That’s down from 64.7 births per 1,000 females in that age group in 2010 and 118 per 1,000 females in the population in 1960….