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The 2020s will be the slowest-growing decade in American history if the current U.S. growth pace continues.

Previously, the slowest growing decade was the 1930s, when the Great Depression ruptured American society.

On January 1, the U.S. population will be nearly 336 million, up nearly two million from last year. That’s just a 0.53% increase.

In January, 4.3 births are expected worldwide every second. In the U.S., only one birth is expected every nine seconds.

This trend comes as the world experiences record-low birth rates. In 2023, America’s fertility rate was 1.84 births per woman. In 1960, the rate was 3.65.