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Researchers for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Thursday that the national total fertility rate (TFR), an estimate of how many babies the average woman will have, was 1.7655 in 2017. That's down from 1.8205 in 2016 and 1.8435 in 2015.

This matters because the population needs to have a TFR of 2,100 births per 1,000 women to reproduce itself. If the U.S. wants a stable population, it either needs more babies or more immigration.

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Americans aren't making enough babies to replace ourselves
Government researchers did not offer an explanation, but experts cited factors including changing economics and fewer teen pregnancies.

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