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Global Population Growth
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Heath
industrial revolution
New technology means you need fewer farmers so people moved to the city. This began the industrial revolution and new technology team engine and sanitation, medication, vaccines, better nutrition, all of this means less baby's are dying and more people living longer, (lower infant mortality and longer life expectancy) so the global population went up.
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Agricultural revolution
During the agricultural revolution technology was applied to farming to grow more food on the same area of land.
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Empowering women
Education
When women do not have good access to education they often get married young and start a family, resulting in more years of having babies, which results in higher fertility. Think Somalia, 2.5 years of school, 6 children per mom.
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Economy
In poor countries where many people are farmers it can be financially advantageous to have more children, so fertility rates tends to be high in poor farming economies. In wealthy countries where most women are working people tend to get married at older ages and therefore have fewer children (lower fertility).
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Social attitudes Depending on the country you live in there are different versions of what makes a normal family size
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Canada = in Canada, 2 or 3 kids is normal