the problem:

2022: https://www.bakerinstitute.org/media/files/files/3fb2c64b/bi...

1. U.S. population growth has been slowing for years, and in 2021, the population grew only by 392,665—or 0.1%, which is the lowest rate since the nation’s founding. 2. The U.S. will be older and more diverse but also unable to meet the workforce demands of a dynamic and competitive economy.

one of a few sources:

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/12/no-kids-no-ca...

3. Of the 92.2 million adults ages 55 and older in 2018, 15.2 million (16.5%) are childless, defined here as having no biological children...childlessness is more common among the younger cohort of older adults. This suggests that childless adults will make up an even greater share of the older adult population in the future.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/us/declining-birthrate-mo...

4. In more than two dozen interviews with young women in Phoenix and Denver, some said they felt they could not afford a baby.