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The global total fertility rate has roughly halved since 1950, from about 5 births per woman to about 2.2.

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Is it true that the global total fertility rate has roughly halved since 1950, from about 5 births per woman to about 2.2?

Yes. One data-insight source states directly that global fertility rates have halved since 1950, from almost 5 children per woman to 2.2. Peer-reviewed GBD estimates and a Skeptics.SE summary corroborate a roughly 49% decline from about 4.7 to 2.4 births per woman, though those end in 2017.

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Which countries have fertility rates above or below the “replacement level”? | Our World in Data
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Which countries have fertility rates above or below the “replacement level”? | Our World in Data. (n.d.). ourworldindata.org. https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/which-countries-have-fertility-rates-above-or-below-the-replacement-level

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List of countries by total fertility rate
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List of countries by total fertility rate. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_fertility_rate

Did the Covid vaccines lower fertility rates via causing infertility?
2023
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Did the Covid vaccines lower fertility rates via causing infertility?. (2023). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/55826/did-the-covid-vaccines-lower-fertility-rates-via-causing-infertility

Population and fertility by age and sex for 195 countries and territories, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
2018
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Ghadimi, R. (2018). Population and fertility by age and sex for 195 countries and territories, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32278-5

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Population and fertility by age and sex for 195 countries and territories, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
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Population and fertility by age and sex for 195 countries and territories, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(18)32278-5

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