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Africa's fertility rate is dropping fast: 40 years it was above 6, 20 years ago it was above 5, and it dropped by 0.6 in the last ten years. https://www.macrot
by riffraff 1y ago
Africa's fertility rate is dropping fast: 40 years it was above 6, 20 years ago it was above 5, and it dropped by 0.6 in the last ten years.
https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/afr/africa/fertility-rate https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/afr/afr...
most projections expect Africa's population to peak around 2070, which is less than the timeframe GP considered.
- slaw 1y agoCould you share these projections that say Africa's population is going to peak around 2070. I cannot find any.
- riffraff 1y agoactually I may have mis-remembered this, sorry. Possibly I was thinking of population change peaking, but I can't say for sure. https://population.un.org/wpp/graphs?loc=903&type=Probabilistic%20Projections&category=Population&subcategory=Population%20Change https://population.un.org/wpp/graphs?loc=903&type=Probabilis...