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  • Annual number of births by world region
  • Average childbearing age
  • Average number of children vs child mortality
  • Birth rate
  • Change in children per woman and female labor force participation
  • Children per woman and number of children wanted
  • Children per woman vs. GDP per capita
  • Children per woman vs. Human Development Index
  • Children per woman vs. average years of schooling
  • Children per woman vs. child mortality in countries with and without strict family planning policy
  • Children per woman vs. contraceptive prevalence
  • Children per woman vs. number of children wanted
  • Children per woman vs. share living in extreme poverty
  • Children per woman vs. share of 25-to-29-year-old women with no education
  • Children per women vs. unmet need for contraception
  • Female labor force participation rates by national per capita income
  • Fertility rate: children per womanGapminder
  • Fertility rate: children per woman
  • Fertility rate: children per woman
  • Fertility rate: children per womanUN
  • Fertility rate: children per woman over the long-term
  • Fertility rate: children per woman, including UN projectionsUN (with projections)
  • Maternal mortality ratio vs. children per woman
  • Share of births that are registered
  • Share of women of reproductive age whose family planning needs are met
  • Share of women using modern contraceptive methods
  • Unmet need for contraception among married women of reproductive age
  • Women's educational attainment vs. number of children per woman

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