Declining Fertility Rates across the World

B Ravikumar and Guillaume Vandenbroucke

On the Economy from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Abstract: The average number of births per woman—one factor affecting population growth—has been declining among both high-income and low-income countries for several decades.

Keywords: fertility; birth rates; global population; high-income countries; low-income countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-06-09
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