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98. Is Having Children Worth It?
No Stupid Questions
The Astonishing Growth and Decline of World Population and Fertility Rates
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- The world population experienced negligible growth in the first 100 million years of human habitation
- The world's population doubled from about 200 BC to 1100 AD, and then doubled again in the next six centuries
- The rate of population growth has been astonishing, reaching 7.7 billion as of now
- The fertility rate, or the number of babies a mother is expected to have, has been falling
- In the US in 1800, the fertility rate of an American woman was around seven or eight children
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