1. Diverging pathsZimbabwe and Iran

   Zimbabwe and Iran: about 4.88 children per woman each in 1990, 3.72 and 1.70 in 2023

   ZimbabweIran

   In 1990 women had 4.88 and 4.93 children on average; in 2023, 3.72 and 1.70. For comparison, 39% and 77% of people live in towns and cities (2023 and 2023, respectively).

   Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →

More findings

• Iran now has more people than Germany
• Iran: more and more women go to university, yet only 1 in 7 women work or seek work
• Iran: more adults live with obesity than use tobacco
• China and Iran: almost equal fertility in 2010 (1.69 and 1.75 children per woman); by 2023, 1.00 and 1.70
• Iran: half as many marriages as in 2010
• Zimbabwe: once more foreign-born lived here than natives abroad; now 1.52M natives live abroad

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