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Where the Babies are being Born... A Distribution of Births to Adolescents (1996 - 2020). Adolescent births in Sub-Saharan Africa are disproportionately high whereas adolescent births in the "Remaining World" are disproportionately low.

Where Babies are Being Born:

42% are in Asia, the Near East and North Africa.
33% are in Sub-Saharan Africa.
17% are in the Remaining World: North America, Europe, Japan, Oceania and China.
8% are in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Where Teenagers Live:

44% are in Asia, the Near East and North Africa.
16% are in Sub-Saharan Africa.
31% are in the remaining world: North America, Europe, Japan, Oceania and China.
9% are in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1996, World Population Profile: Figures 49 & 50.

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There is an obvious and specific relationship between births and the prevalence of teenage fertile populations. It is striking to note that 42% of all births worldwide and 44% of all teenagers live in the Middle East and North Africa. Compare this to the 31% of all teen populations living in the industrial countries - but having only 17% of total births world wide.

Long-term, these statistics have deep significance with regard to the socio-political environment of the planet. That so much of the younger population resides where it does will place enormous pressure on the distribution of resources - or the lack of equity in that distribution. At present, the United States consumes 25% of the earths natural resources.

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