# Why women in the Maghreb are having fewer children

https://mins.news/en/video/21111

- France 24 English, 2026-08-13 09:48 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IOB0dyEzMk

> Birth rates across the Maghreb have fallen sharply in recent years. Most women now have fewer than three children, compared with the seven to eight children per woman that was typical in the 1970s.

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