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Preliminary 2025 fertility rate reaches 0.80

The preliminary 2025 release reported a total fertility rate of 0.80, compared with 0.75 for 2024.

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A higher annual rate does not by itself reverse population decline or establish the cause of the change.

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Revision 1 / Reviewed 9/21/2026

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