More Americans Dying as Birth Rates Hit Record Lows

Time ^ | March 27, 2014 | Josh Sanburn

[MinorityRepublican]

Thanks to younger Americans delaying having children and an exceptionally large group of Americans reaching mortality, the gap between births and deaths in the U.S. is the smallest it’s been in nearly four decades, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Census.

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“I see no evidence of any upturn in fertility, and deaths continue to grow,” says Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey Institute.

According to the Census, there were 2,541,000 deaths between July 2012 and July 2013, the most on record in one year.

[Ben Ficklin]

Here are some fertility rates from a few nations as published by the CIA Factbook.

India-2.51
Mexico-2.29
US-2.01
Brazil-1.79
Russia-1.61
China-1.55

The demographic projections show no growth in the Americas, Europe and Russia. By 2100 Asia will grow from 4 bil to 5 bil while Africa will grow from 1 bil to 4 bil.