US Births fall 4% in 2020 Down 142,000

[Tender Branson]

I'm surprised it fell only 4%

In Austria, births only fell by 1% last year (an increase in Q1, then a stagnation in Q2 and Q3 and a sharp decline in December).

In Denmark and Finland, births actually increased a bit.

In Spain though, they were down more than 10% ...

[Tender Branson]

So what percentage of US population growth in 2020 came directly from immigration? I might be misreading the numbers at a cursory glance, but it seems like ~80%?

I dunno, what were the immigration numbers for 2020?

I just glanced at 2020 estimated population growth (~995k).

That might even be too optimistic of an estimate.

Natural increase last year was only 250.000 people and the immigration balance is almost certainly down too. Probably +400.000 or so.

+650.000

Or +0.2% increase for the whole year (not the mid-2020 estimate !) is likely.