This table shows the U.S. population growth rate

This table shows the U.S. population growth rate from 2004 to 2024. The Wall Street Journal today pointed out that the rise in the number of illegal immigrants from about 300,000 a year to 2.5 million is responsible for the unexpected growth and increase in the number of jobs in the U.S. economy. A supportive study was published on March 7 by the Brookings Institution and the table below was derived from the study.

https://www.hamiltonproject.org/publication/paper/new-immigration-estimates-help-make-sense-of-the-pace-of-employment/

Interestingly, even the U.S., which is known for being so family-oriented and having less stress in competition for college entrance, saw a steady decline in the population growth rate through childbirth (excluding the number of deaths) for about 15 years before the pandemic. In 2020, there was an excessive decline with so many people dying from Covid, and again births have outnumbered deaths since 2021. Still, the rate of population growth through childbirth is still significantly lower in 2024 compared to before 2010.

However, the figure below shows that it only grows by 1% when there is a large influx of immigrants. Without immigrants, the population of the United States should have been on the decline like China and Korea.
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Perhaps... perhaps the emergence of social media, starting with Facebook in 2004, is responsible for the cross-border decline in fertility rates? It seems to be creating a reality in which young people are "excessive fear" of raising children, eliminating the boredom of daily life, and not having to have sex necessary for childbirth. This huge change of routine occurs in spaces connected to the Internet.