Independent, UK - Deaths are soon expected to outpace births in America – meaning that immigration may become the driving force behind population growth. Starting in 2030, the total number of deaths reported across the country each year will surpass the number of children being born, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s Demographic Outlook.
“Starting in 2030, declining fertility rates are projected to cause births to fall short of deaths. Over time, the negative net contribution of births and deaths increasingly offsets the positive contribution of net immigration, until population growth slows to zero in 2056,” the report says. “The population is expected to shrink thereafter.”
Congressional forecasters have lowered their projection of population growth for the next decade by 7 million people, in response to President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown and falling birth rates.
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