The total fertility rate in the United States is 1.64 children per woman, and if this rate persists, in approximately three generations (roughly 100 years) there will be only half as many young Americans as today.

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Bethany McLean

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“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, 7:34:44 AM

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