In low-income countries, where economic growth may struggle to keep up with population growth, alleviating poverty and countering high levels of inequality is a major challenge. Inadequate access to family planning services perpetuates high levels of childbearing, often starting early in life, and contributes to rapid population growth. Indeed, the future growth of world population will take place mostly in low-income and lower-middle-income countries. Today, in low-income countries, a woman gives birth to 4.5 children on average over a lifetime. Between 1990 and 2022, improvements in health-care services in low-income countries tripled the survival prospects for children under the age of 5.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 11, 2022 13:59 UTC