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[–] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 5 points 4 months ago

Access to opportunities and birth control drop birthrates.

Lots and lots of poor countries have large populations because poor parents are hoping many children can work. Also lack of access to birth control and far right groups insisting children are a religious necessity.