Where Data Tells the Story
© Voronoi 2026. All rights reserved.
While much is written (and charted) about declining birth rates in the US, Asia, and around the world more broadly, over two-thirds of Americans are still envisioning a dream family with between two and three children, according to recent Gallup data.
Since 1936, the American polling and analytics company has asked US adults what they think is the “ideal number of children” for a family. Back then, the average response was 3.6 children, before dropping slightly during World War II. In July of this year, when Gallup asked the same question, the average ideal number of children came out to be 2.7 — after 40% of respondents said two, 27% said three, and 15% said four or more children was their “ideal.”
Unsurprisingly, though, none of those answers line up with the current birth rate.
See the full article here.