Mexico’s birth rate has dropped below America’s for the first time

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Mexico has just hit a demographic milestone that's stunned experts. For the first time in history, Mexico's birth rate has fallen below that of the United States – a shift that challenges everything we thought we knew about population trends.

It represents a dramatic transformation in a country traditionally known for its large, close-knit families and love of children. What makes this particularly fascinating is that Mexico has achieved this drop while being significantly less wealthy than the US.