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Birth Rate

Births per 1,000 people in a year.

Birth Rate
10.6
Births per 1,000 people · latest, Jan 2024
vs prior month▼ 0.9%
vs year ago▼ 0.9%
1960-61 Recession · Apr 1960 – Feb 19611969-70 Recession · Dec 1969 – Nov 19701973-75 Recession · Nov 1973 – Mar 19751980 Recession · Jan 1980 – Jul 19801981-82 Recession · Jul 1981 – Nov 19821990-91 Recession · Jul 1990 – Mar 19912001 Recession · Mar 2001 – Nov 2001Global Financial Crisis · Dec 2007 – Jun 2009COVID-19 Recession · Feb 2020 – Apr 2020121416182022196019701980199020002010202010.6
Birth Rate — one value per year; US recessions are shaded on the chart.
YearBirth Rate
196023.7
196123.3
196222.4
196321.7
196421.1
196519.4
196618.4
196717.8
196817.6
196917.9
197018.4
197117.2
197215.6
197314.8
197414.8
197514.6
197614.6
197715.1
197815.0
197915.6
198015.9
198115.8
198215.9
198315.6
198415.6
198515.8
198615.6
198715.7
198816.0
198916.4
199016.7
199116.2
199215.8
199315.4
199415.0
199514.6
199614.4
199714.2
199814.3
199914.2
200014.4
200114.1
200214.0
200314.1
200414.0
200514.0
200614.3
200714.3
200814.0
200913.5
201013.0
201112.7
201212.6
201312.4
201412.5
201512.4
201612.2
201711.8
201811.6
201911.4
202010.9
202111.0
202211.0
202310.7
202410.6

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Source: FRED · SPDYNCBRTINUSA · series · Jan 1960 to Jan 2024 · latest-revised

Refreshed Jul 31, 2026 from FRED.

Births per 1,000 people in a year.

Crude birth rate: live births per 1,000 people in a year (World Bank/CDC via FRED).

Source: FRED · Jan 2024 · Full lesson → Learn

About the bands. Shaded spans are NBER-dated US recessions, drawn as factual overlays. They mark when the economy contracted, not why. Lining an event up with a move is not evidence it caused the move.

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