# Birthrate decline in North Africa

https://mins.news/en/item/22211

- France 24, 2026-08-14 13:54 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/birthrate-drop-in-north-africa

> Birth rates across the Maghreb have fallen dramatically: most women now have fewer than three children, compared with an average of seven or eight in the 1970s. Ellen Gainsford examines what is driving the major demographic shift.

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