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Which countries have reversed the trend of declining fertility?

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Latinometrics
February 13, 2025 • Reading Time: 2 minutes

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The decline of mothers having babies is perhaps modern life's most universal trend. All around the world, we've seen dramatic drops in what the UN calls "fertility rates," or the average number of babies that a woman has. This number now sits at 2.3, compared to twice that in 1972.

Whether this is a good or bad trend depends on who you ask. Some argue that we have overpopulated the Earth and that it's time to find a more sustainable way to live. On the other side of the spectrum, some think this is a catastrophe and that the world economy will suffer greatly due to a shrinking productive population and an aging society.

Today, we're looking at the outliers — countries that have somehow managed to reverse the trend of declining fertility.

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