Yes. As the article notes, "The tendency for societies to have fewer children as they become richer appears to be universal. It holds good across races, religi

Yes. As the article notes, "The tendency for societies to have fewer children as they become richer appears to be universal. It holds good across races, religions and ethnicities. Thus the fertility rate is the same (2.3) in Azerbaijan (which is largely Muslim), Mexico (largely Christian), Myanmar (largely Buddhist) and Nepal (largely Hindu). By the same token, many countries that remain relatively rural—Bangladesh, India and Vietnam, for example—have nonetheless seen sharp falls in fertility, albeit not quite to the levels of heavily urbanised ones, such as Brazil." The slowing in population growth in Africa has been less than anticipated in earlier projections, although the article points out that Addis Ababa has a fertility rate below two children per woman, just like the rates in rich countries. The article includes other nuanced information about what might help African people adjust to planning family sizes appropriate for the new economic realities in their countries as those countries prosper. Further economic development throughout the continent, which depends on improvements in governance, is still crucial.