Editing Birth rate (section)

===Sub-Saharan Africa===
The region of [[Sub-Saharan Africa]] has the highest birth rate in the world. As of 2016, [[Niger]], [[Mali]], [[Uganda]], [[Zambia]], and [[Burundi]] have the highest birth rates in the world.<ref name="cia.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2054rank.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004100/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2054rank.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 June 2007 |title=The World Factbook – Central Intelligence Agency |website=Cia.gov |access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref> This is part of the [[Income and fertility|fertility-income paradox]], as these countries are very poor, and it may seem counter-intuitive for families there to have so many children. The inverse relationship between income and fertility has been termed a ''demographic-economic "[[paradox]]"'' by the notion that greater means would enable the production of more offspring as suggested by the influential [[Thomas Malthus]].<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.econlib.org/library/Malthus/malPlong.html|title=An Essay on the Principle of Population|first=Thomas Robert|last=Malthus|year=1826|publisher=London: John Murray|edition=6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828222107/http://www.econlib.org/library/Malthus/malPlong.html|archive-date=28 August 2013}}</ref>