ELI5- Why do people in poorer countries have more children than those in developed countries?

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ELI5- Why do people in poorer countries have more children than those in developed countries?

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Answer 1

People are mentioning stuff like people in poorer countries having more kids as a form of having more labour, that’s not been true for the vast majority of the world, including poorer countries, for a long time now too. 

More often than not, poorer countries have more children because contraceptives are harder to get, for logistic and cultural reasons. The gap is closing fast, though, with a lot more people having access to contraceptives and thus fertility rates getting lower even in poor countries.