New research links smartphone adoption to nearly half of America's fertility decline through reduced relationship formation.

The global birth rate is less than half what it was in the 1960s. See where birth rates are highest and lowest.

Are smartphones causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth ...

A newly published study says the advent of the iPhone explains a 33-52% decline in U.S. birth rates for women 15-44 between ...

The iPhone was introduced in 2007, the same year the U.S. birth rate started to slide. The issues could be linked, a new ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with less than 1.6 kids per woman, new federal data released Thursday shows. The U.S. was once among only a few ...

The research found that the introduction of smartphones led to a decrease in in-person interactions, less sex, and an ...

Between 210,000 to 405,000 individuals voluntarily migrated from the United States in 2025, and the country experienced a 54% decline in net international migration, from 2.7 million to ...

Women are having fewer and fewer children. Economic reasons are insufficient explanation. A new study points to a social ...

A working paper suggests that the iPhone could be contributing to declining birth rates in the U.S. This idea has sparked ...

Due to factors such as an increase in marriages and a rise in the population of women in their 30s, the birth rate growth in ...