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People do less and less chilidren in the western world, and Africa's population to double to 2.4 billion by 2050. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/af
by sunseb 8y ago
People do less and less chilidren in the western world, and Africa's population to double to 2.4 billion by 2050.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/10305000/Africas-population-to-double-to-2.4-billion-by-2050.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianoc...
- jeena 8y agoI don't think there is a single country which fertility rate went up since the 60ies, not even in Africa: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN
- sunseb 8y agohttps://www.passblue.com/2016/03/01/egypts-fertility-rate-turns-upward-but-why/ https://www.passblue.com/2016/03/01/egypts-fertility-rate-tu...
- deogeo 8y agoAnd yet Africa's fertility rate is far above replacement levels, while those of China, Europe, and the US are below. I don't see how the change in fertility rate since the 60s is relevant.
- tathougies 8y agoIt's reasonable in light of modern agriculture and medicine for the fertility rate to go down, simply since fewer babies are dying, and thus breastfeeding longer. However, below replacement fertility rates are not sustainable for a society.