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“There is no country in the world that has a higher birth rate than it had in 1960, and in the less developed world…

— Matt Ridley

The typical white American woman in 1800 gave birth seven times; by 1900, the average was down to 3.5.

— Nancy Gibbs

In the West, that's what's happening. The birth rate has been dropping steadily and still is. But there is still a vast amount of…

— David Attenborough

“In most agricultural societies at least one out of every three children died before reaching twenty.5 Yet the increase in births still outpaced the…

— Yuval Noah Harari

The rate of population growth in the United States is slightly below that required to reproduce itself.

— Emanuel Celler

“when fertility rates began collapsing in the late 1960s, another demographic transition was occurring, the result of a fundamental restructuring: People no longer put…

— Jonathan V. Last

Statistically, the United States rates number 39 in maternal mortality. This means that it is safer to be pregnant and to give birth in…

— Robin Lim

Social services, not wealth per se, seem to be the key to lower birth rates. The Chinese, although among the poorest peoples of the…

— Donella Meadows

You'll discover in countries where women have control over their own bodies, where they have education, where they have birth control, where they have…

— David Attenborough

People with fertility problems are not alone. It is a very very common problem for couples today. I've seen statistics that are just staggering.

— Michael Zaslow

Today, American women bear an average of 2.2 children that live to adulthood. Across most of Europe, women bear even fewer young.

— Helen Fisher

“The World Health Organization estimates that 536,000 women perished in pregnancy or childbirth in 2005, a toll that has barely budged in thirty years.…

— Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn