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===History===
Circumcision was popularized in English-speaking nations in the nineteenth century. The practice of non-therapeutic circumcision of boys now has greatly declined in [[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[New Zealand]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. It has been gradually declining since 1965 in the [[United States]]. The incidence of circumcision of boys in the newborn period is now reported to be less than 50 percent. <ref name="msn2025">{{REFnews |title=Less Than Half of U.S. Boys Now Circumcised |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/less-than-half-of-us-boys-now-circumcised/ar-AA1MBjzN |last=Anonymous |publisher=Microsoft Network |website= |date=2025-09-17 |accessdate=2025-09-29 |quote=From 2012 to 2022, the prevalence of circumcision during hospitalization of male neonates age 0 to 28 days decreased significantly by nearly 5 percentage points, from 54.1% to 49.3%,}}</ref>
It has ''never'' been a popular practice in other western nations. Circumcision of boys is not done in the Russian Federation, Latin America, or [[China]]. In [[India]] only the minority Muslim population does circumcision of children. In Europe it is only done for religious reasons by Muslims and Jews.