Ding! You want more kids? Get women to marry earlier. No really. It’s that simple. Unfortunately, education requirements in a modern economy and western culture have been pushing in the wrong direction. Women get married later now.....and as a result of waiting until it’s too late and their youth is gone, many don’t get married at all and have zero kids. This is a disaster for society - and for them ultimately.
There are other factors too, such as many young married couples putting off thinking about having children. And some put it off too late.
When are women most fertile? In their late teens and early 20s I would guess? Yet some women, especially if they are getting into professional careers, don’t even think about having children until in their 30s. And fertility has already started declining for many women by age 30, from what I hear.
It shouldn't. Why should marriage have to wait until after college and after being settled in a career? Don't college kids share a dorm with roommates? Why couldn't a husband and wife attend college together?
Why is it a requirement to wait to get married until your work situation is good enough to buy a house? Prior generations married early and lived frugally until they got into better economic levels
about the Africa birth rate......birth rate is one thing, staying alive is another.....many children die from disease/malnutrition.....malaria is still a killer...