1. FertilityTunisia

   Tunisia: from 4.36 to 2.49 children per woman in just 10 years

   From 1986 to 1996 the number of children per woman fell faster than in any other decade since 1950. Around that period: urban share 54.3% → 62.1% (1986–1996); women’s university enrolment 3.9% → 11.1% (1986–1996); life expectancy 67.4 years → 71.2 years (1986–1996). This does not establish a cause.

   Source: UN WPP 2024, World Bank, national statisticsOpen on the chart →

More findings

• Tunisia: births are already as low as the UN expected only only after 2050
• Tunisia: 126k babies were born in 2024, 23% fewer than the UN expected that same year
• Tunisia: the budget came out worse than the IMF forecast in 14 years out of 15
• Tunisia: fertility has been falling since 2015, from 2.31 to 1.83 children per woman
• Tunisia: in 15 years out of 18 the IMF expected faster growth than came
• Tunisia and Syria: similar GDP per person in 1990, 2.8 times apart in 2022

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