This graph shows the relationship between two demographic indicators : fertility and infant mortality. The values along the horizontal axis indicate the level of infant mortality in each country of sub-Saharan Africa over the period 2000-2004, i.e. The values along the vertical axis indicate the level of fertility in each country over the same period, expressed as the average number of children per woman.
this graph shows the variations in life expectancy in France from 1740 to 2020
Ce graphique montre la fécondité par âge en Europe en 2016. Le taux de fécondité représente la probabilité à chaque âge de mettre au monde un enfant.
In the past, it was very common for babies to die before their first birthday. Today infant mortality in France is very low. In 2013, fewer than four newborns (3,5) in 1,000 died before the age of one.
The mean length of life has more than tripled in France over the last two and a half centuries, from 25 years in 1740 to more than 80 years today.
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Since the early 1980s, the demography of Canada and the United States has been quite dynamic.
