# US losing population **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 5, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-losing-population/1017904 "2025-05-05T12:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 18
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-losing-population/1017904/18 "2025-05-06T11:57:03Z")
Here’s a link to the IMHO thread > [@Is There Any Practical Way to Increase the Birthrate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-practical-way-to-increase-the-birthrate/1012655): > > Most countries’ birthrates are now below that needed to replace the current populations. Mostly we consider this a good thing. Put that aside for a moment. Many things have been tried to encourage women to have more children. These include cash incentives, free or low-cost child care and so on. None of these ideas have worked. Can you imagine any practical way to increase birthrates in a population? I cannot. It’s mostly about how to increase the birth rate, but there’s also been discussion about the desirability of that goal. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-losing-population/1017904)._