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• Average age at marriage, women
• Average childbearing age
• Average number of children vs. child mortality
• Birth rateMitchell
• Birth rateUN
• Births per year, by world region
• 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. 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
• Countries where women have fewer children than in the USUN
• Female labor force participation rates by national per capita income
• Fertility rate: children per womanWorld Bank
• Fertility rate: children per womanSlope chart
• Fertility rate: children per womanwith UN projections
• Fertility rate: children per womanUN
• Fertility rate: children per woman over the long-term
• Maternal mortality ratio vs. children per woman
• Modern contraceptive prevalence vs. GDP per capita
• Prevalence of modern contraception methods vs. women's average years of schooling
• Projections of the number of children per woman by education scenario
• Share of births registered
• Share of women using modern contraceptive methods
• Share of women whose family planning needs are met
• Unmet need for contraception among married women of reproductive age
• Women's educational attainment vs. number of children per woman