Published November 8, 2026

Source snapshot — birth-rates story

130 of 237 countries and territories had fertility below 2.1 children per woman in 2023, up from 60 in 1990. Most kept falling; sub-Saharan Africa now has almost a third of the world's births.

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[next-mdx-remote-client] error compiling MDX: Unexpected character `/` (U+002F) before local name, expected a character that can start a name, such as a letter, `$`, or `_` (note: to create a link in MDX, use `[text](url)`) More information: https://mdxjs.com/docs/troubleshooting-mdx