[slaw]

> According to World Bank data, the global fertility rate was 2.4 children per woman in 2019.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/total-fer...

[OrvalWintermute]

you're mixing apples and oranges.

Replacement rate in a country with a good health system where people average longer life expectancies is 2.2 births per woman.

Replacement rate needs be much higher than 2.2 in a country with high infant mortality, long wars, etc, such as exists in much of Africa, where birth rates are the highest.

[slaw]

> As of 2020, 47 children under the age of one died for every 1,000 live births

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/04/infant-mortality-afri...

[OrvalWintermute]

That is pretty horrible. For comparison purposes......

Top 10 Countries with the Lowest Infant Mortality Rate (UNICEF 2020 - deaths per 1,000 live births):

Iceland — 1.54

San Marino — 1.56

Estonia — 1.65

Slovenia — 1.76

Norway — 1.79

Japan — 1.82

Singapore — 1.85

Finland — 1.88

Montenegro — 1.95

Sweden — 2.15

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/infant-mo...

[slaw]

How does your comment relate to global replacement rate?