The number of births in the United States in 2021 was slightly higher than in 2020, the first annual increase since 2014, according to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“The provisional number of births for the United States in 2021 was 3,659,289, up 1 percent from 2020,” the report pdf) stated.
“The general fertility rate was 56.6 births per 1,000 women aged 15–44, up 1 percent from 2020 and the first increase in the rate since 2014. The total fertility rate was 1,663.5 births per 1,000 women in 2021, up 1 percent from 2020.”
According to stats from the report abstract, there was a decline in birth rates for women in age groups 15–24, and an increase for women in age groups 25–49, remained unchanged for adolescents aged 10–14, and went down by 6 percent in 2021 for teenagers aged 15–19, with 14.4 births per 1,000 females….