Why Religion Will Make a Comeback 1 Why Religion Will Make a Comeback Eric Kaufmann Reader in Politics Birkbeck College, University of London
Total Fertility Rates by Country 3 Total Fertility Rates by Country Source: CIA World Fact Book 2008
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Total Fertility Rate (Average Children per Woman), 2000-2001 Spain 9 Total Fertility Rate (Average Children per Woman), 2000-2001 Spain Austria Switzerland USA Catholic - 1.32 1.41 2.3 Active Catholic 1.77 Nominal Catholic Protestant 1.45* 1.21 1.35 2.21 No Religion 1.00 0.86 1.11 1.66 Muslim 1.57* 2.34 2.44 2.84 Average 1.37 1.33 1.50 2.08 Source: Vegard Skirbekk and Anne Goujon, IIASA, World Population Program, 2007-9. * Denotes few observations.
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