BBC Science Focus - 03.2020

DISCOVERIES

Niger

Somalia

Congo, Dem. Rep.

Mali Chad

Burundi Angola Nigeria

Burkina Faso

UgandaTanzania

Mozambique

Benin

South Sudan

ZambiaSenegal

Congo, Rep. Cameroon

SudanTogo

Sierra Leone

MalawiEthiopia

Iraq Israel

Kyrgyz Rep. Kazakhstan

Russian Federation

Japan

Australia

France Sweden

Denmark

United Kingdom

Norway Belgium

Netherlands

Belarus GermanyBulgariaRomaniaCzech Rep.

Switzerland

FinlandAustria Hungary

Slovak Rep.

Poland UkraineGreece Serbia

Portugal

Spain Italy

Argentina

United States

Cuba

Canada

Countries ordered by difference in number of births from 1960 to 2017.

All countries had a decrease in number of births except for Congo, Dem. Rep. (+)

(+)

1960 data*^

not available

Symbol: GDP

per capita in 2018

Symbol: GDP

per capita in 2018

(when available)

Lines thickness: percenta e decrease between 1960

and 2017. All countries had a percentage decrease except

for Congo, Dem. Rep. (+)

Colour: eo raphical

region

Lines thickness:

percenta e chan e

between 1960 and 2017

Country

Fertility rate in 1960

Fertility rate in 2017

Height of

the circles:

fertility

rate (births

per woman)

from

0 to

-20%

from

-20% to

-40%

from

-40% to

-60%

from

-60% to

-80%

from

-80% to

-100%

< 1,000$

1,000$ – 10,000$

10,000$ – 20,000$

20,000$ – 30,000$

> 30,000$

LEGEND

Africa

Asia & Pacific Islands

Europe

Australasia

The Americas