The evidence is overwhelming that having lots of kids is strongly correlated with poverty, civil unrest, and war.
I repent of this statement!
The sample size is large, but the countries in Africa, and those in the Middle East, are too highly-correlated within their respective groups in many other ways, including climate, culture, and genetics, to count as independent datapoints.
I repent of this statement!
The sample size is large, but the countries in Africa, and those in the Middle East, are too highly-correlated within their respective groups in many other ways, including climate, culture, and genetics, to count as independent datapoints.