Can’t have shit in superpower 2020

**People in extreme poverty have more kids because:** 1) Some of the children are genuinely very likely to die, you need insurance for the future. 2) You need children to work and provide for the family, maybe to fetch water or gather firewood. 3) No access to contraception. ^(^there's ^probably ^more ^complications ^involved, ^I'm ^just ^talking ^outta ^memory ^here) That said, the idea of India having insane amount of kids is like 50 years outdated. [The average amount of babies per woman in India is 2.2, against the USA:s 1.8](https://www.gapminder.org/tools/#$ui$chart$opacitySelectDim:0;;&model$markers$line$data$filter$dimensions$geo$/$or@$country$/$in@=usa&=chn&=rus&=nga&=ind;;&geo$/$in@=bgd&=mys&=bfa&=som;;;;;;;;&encoding$selected$data$filter$markers@=bgd&=som&=ind&=usa;;;;&y$data$concept=children_per_woman_total_fertility&space@=geo&=time;&source=sg;&scale$type:null&domain:null&zoomed:null;;;;;;&chart-type=linechart&url=v1). And it's still decreasing. Birth rates have plummeted as living standards have improved. Compare that to Somalia, whose birthrate remains high. Compare their [GDP per capita](https://www.gapminder.org/tools/#$ui$chart$opacitySelectDim:0;;&model$markers$line$data$filter$dimensions$geo$/$or@$country$/$in@=usa&=chn&=rus&=nga&=ind;;&geo$/$in@=bgd&=mys&=bfa&=som;;;;;;;;&encoding$selected$data$filter$markers@=bgd&=som&=ind&=usa;;;;&y$data$concept=gdp_pcap&space@=geo&=time;;&scale$type:null&domain:null&zoomed:null;;;;;;&chart-type=linechart&url=v1) or their [Child Mortality](https://www.gapminder.org/tools/#$ui$chart$opacitySelectDim:0;;&model$markers$line$data$filter$dimensions$geo$/$or@$country$/$in@=usa&=chn&=rus&=nga&=ind;;&geo$/$in@=bgd&=mys&=bfa&=som;;;;;;;;&encoding$selected$data$filter$markers@=bgd&=som&=ind&=usa;;;;&y$data$concept=child_mortality_0_5_year_olds_dying_per_1000_born&space@=geo&=time;&source=sg;&scale$type:null&domain:null&zoomed:null;;;;;;&chart-type=linechart&url=v1) and you'll see why. India and Somalia are in different worlds economically.