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ꙮ 𝄃𝄁𝄂𝄀𝄀𝄁𝄃🇫🇯🇱🇨🇱🇧@infobeautiful and much fewer are born at all
Joe@liilliil nope! Even if birthrates are declining in some countries, annual births are still increasing, which makes sense if you think about it; as long the birthrate is positive, each generation is going to be larger than the previous.
@jy4m it only grows where mortality is high
Rickd6@infobeautiful @liilliil with the overall growth in population I believe the number of births has in fact increased (population of 8 billion vs ~5) modern medical improvements (vaccines etc) and improvements in sanitation being the main factors.
𝕁𝕠𝕙𝕒𝕟@Rickd6 @infobeautiful @liilliil
It makes sense: given population growth, the total birth rate has increased, while the number of children per woman has decreased.
Sean Lynch@Rickd6 @infobeautiful @liilliil
5 Billion was the world population in the early 1990's. In 1820 it was around 1 Billion.
You are absolutely correct. Total births in 1820 was between 20 and 30 million, today around 140 million. The average births per woman is down from about 5.5 to about 2.5.
econads@liilliil @infobeautiful
I think a much lower proportion are born compared to the number of people, not that the total number is lower.
But this is a good thing, we don't need to have 4 children hoping 2 survive to adulthood, you can just have 2 and be fairly certain they'll outlive you!