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What Has Been Driving World Population Growth?


Abstract: The world’s population more than doubled from 1960 to 2021 despite the birth rate falling. Declining death rates in lower-income countries drove the growth.

Keywords: world population; birth rates; death rates; lower-income countries;

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Source: On the Economy

Publication Date: 2023-10-26