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21. I suspect poverty has more to do with it.

Tue Dec 3, 2013, 09:29 AM

Dec 2013

Top 20 countries by Total Fertility Rate:

1 Niger 7.063
2 Somalia 6.339
3 Mali 6.294
4 Afghanistan 6.288
5 Zambia 6.258
6 Uganda 6.149
7 Malawi 5.99
8 Chad 5.981
9 Burkina Faso 5.85
10 DR Congo 5.775
11 East Timor 5.578
12 Tanzania 5.544
13 Nigeria 5.525
14 Angola 5.443
15 Rwanda 5.371
16 Benin 5.287
17 Guinea 5.246
18 Liberia 5.238
19 Yemen 5.2
20 Equatorial Guinea 5.185[/pre]

There are plenty of Islamic countries with low fertility rates:

100 Sri Lanka 2.313
101 Oman 2.309
102 Azerbaijan 2.3
103 Kuwait 2.295
104 Kosovo 2.2893
105 Morocco 2.279
106 Qatar 2.271
107 Algeria 2.264
108 Guyana 2.262
109 El Salvador 2.25 (not Islamic, just included to keep the numerical ordering clear...)
110 Bangladesh 2.245

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_fertility_rate

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I think the Islamic world is the winner in propagation. WinkyDink Dec 2013 #20

I suspect poverty has more to do with it. GliderGuider Dec 2013 #21

Not to nitpick but El Salvador has almost no followers of Islam. former9thward Dec 2013 #31

It was just #109 on the list. GliderGuider Dec 2013 #32

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