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The 10 countries with the highest birth rates — and the 10 with the lowest

The global birth rate is less than half what it was in the 1960s. See where birth rates are highest and lowest.

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The 10 countries with the highest birth rates — and the 10 with the lowestThe global birth rate is less than half what it was in the 1960s. See where birth rates are highest and lowest.
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