Baby 'boom' and 'bust': Nations' rates of childbirth vary significantly
Saturday, November 10, 2018 - 09:30
in Health & Medicine
Ninety-one nations are not producing enough children to maintain their current populations, while the opposite is true in 104 countries where high birth rates are driving population increases, according to a new scientific study. Total fertility rates (TFR), a summary measurement representing the average number of children a woman would deliver over her lifetime, have declined since 1950.