Heh. Silly American thoughts.
This site[0] says Global birthrate is around 17.3. However, it has been dropping ~1% a year. It was 19.3 in 2014 and today it is 17.3. So indeed growing more slowly, but a strong trendline downwards.
Table copied and limited to the decades:
Year Birth Rate Growth Rate
2024 17.299 -0.940%
2020 18.077 -1.120%
2010 19.991 -0.870%
2000 21.733 -1.090%
1990 26.094 -2.400%
1980 28.192 -0.530%
1970 32.995 -1.520%
1960 35.346 -0.110%
1950 37.844 0.000%