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ꙮ 𝄃𝄁𝄂𝄀𝄀𝄁𝄃🇫🇯🇱🇨🇱🇧@infobeautiful and much fewer are born at all
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.
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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.