The Global Fertility Fertility Crash
Oct 02, 2020
2 minutes
—by John Stonestreet
The population of sub-Saharan Africa will triple by the end of the century.
A recent BBC headline claimed the world is facing a “jaw-dropping” global crash. Not an economic crash, mind you, but a crash in the birthrate. Citing a new study by University of Washington, the BBC article claims that “Falling fertility rates mean nearly every country could have shrinking populations by the end of the century.” In fact,
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