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The total fertility rate (TFR) in the United States is 1.64, and if it remains at this level, in three generations (roughly 100 years) there will only be half as many young Americans as today

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Bethany McLean

Evidence Quote

“the fertility rate is the average number of children that are born to a woman over her lifetime in the us the total fertility rate is 1.64 if the fertility rate stays at this level big if in three generations roughly a hundred years there will only be half as many Young Americans as today”

Source

The Fertility Crisis: Capitalism's Next Challenge, with Sir Niall Ferguson— Stigler Center
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:18:48 AM

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