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America’s looming population crisis — and why there’s still hope

A recent report highlighted a looming demographic crisis in the United States, as annual deaths are expected to exceed annual births by 2033. #Birthrates #fertility #marriage #LGBT

America’sloomingpopulationcrisis—andwhythere’sstillhopeByDillonBurroughs,Op-edcontributorTuesday,March18,2025Newparentswatchingbabiesinhospitalnursery|GettyImages/ERProductionsLimitedA recentreporthighlightedaloomingdemographiccrisisintheUnitedStates,asannualdeathsareexpectedtoexceedannualbirthsby2033. “Populationgrowth intheU.S.isexpectedtostagnatebetween2025and2055asfertilityratescontinuetodecline,a report releasedTuesdaybytheCongressionalBudgetOffice(CBO)found,” accordingto LifeNews. “Apredictedsignificantdeclineinillegalimmigrationaswellasmanywomenchoosingtodelaymotherhoodaretwocontributingfactors,”itcontinued.“Afterpeakingat2.12birthsperwomanin2001,fertilityrateshavebeenslowlydecreasing,droppingto1.62birthsperwomanin2023,accordingtoCBO’sdata.Thereportestimatesthisnumbertofallto1.60by2035andremains