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

Question

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

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Answer 1

Heard a comment from a person who referred to himself as ‘the surviving child out of 16’. Death and disease are everyday realities in poorer countries, more kids just better the odds of at least one surviving.