>>The Pill.
Why didn’t it have the same effect in India and Africa?
They are still relatively high fertility areas.
They are still relatively high fertility areas.
First, you didn't indicate whether you mean Arab or Sub-Saharan Africa. Arabs are dedicated to having lots of kids, primarily for military reasons. Sub-Saharan Africa is still so poor that they have a lot of kids to assure some survive.
As to India, my guess (as in I don't know) is that in addition to the survivability reasons above, I doubt the pill is a widely available commodity among lower castes.
India’s fertility rate is 2.05 births per woman. Below the replacement rate of 2.1
USA 1.64
Egypt 2.96
Tunisia 2.11
Rwanda 3.87
Senegal 4.45
Ethiopia 4.24
Mali 6.24
South africa 2.40
Botswana 2.84
It’s highest in the “Sahel” zone but seems to extend to the Botswana-South Africa zone.
Africa is like the USA or EUrope 100 years ago