Niger has the world's highest birth rate – and that may be a recipe for unrest
- Written by John F. May, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies, Georgetown University
While fertility levels have declined rapidly in most parts of the world, many countries in the sub-Saharan African region of the Sahel have seen their reproductive rates go down very slowly, and only very slightly.
The average woman in Niger, for example, still has 7.2 children, according to the Population Reference Bureau 2018 World Population...
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