the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected that the U.S. population will grow by only 15 million people over the next 30 years, a smaller increase than previously estimated due to hard-line immigration policies and lower fertility rates. Experts warn that without significant immigration, the U.S. population would begin to shrink by 2030 as deaths among the aging baby boomer generation start to exceed births. This demographic shift is expected to place increased pressure on Social Security and Medicare as the labor force shrinks relative to the number of retirees.
Date: January 8, 2026. Sources: apnews.com