US Population Decline: Birth Rates and Immigration Plummet Amid Economic Hardship
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has revised its 30-year population projection downward to 372 million, an 11 million decrease from last year’s estimate. This reduction reflects declining birth rates (1.60 births per woman, down from 1.70) and lower-than-anticipated immigration, partially due to a June executive order impacting asylum processing. The projected yearly growth rate will average 0.4% for the next decade, slowing to 0.1% between 2036 and 2055. Without immigration, the U.S. population is projected to begin shrinking in 2033.
John Q. Hosedrinker