# Birthrate drops sharply across North Africa

https://mins.news/en/video/22217

- France 24 English, 2026-08-14 13:54 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iNX0D_WwzA

> Birth rates are falling dramatically across the Maghreb: 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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