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Israel Has Highest Fertility Rate in the West


(Ynet News) Amir Alon - The average number of children per mother in Israel - 3.11 in 2016 - is the highest in the West, according to Central Bureau of Statistics data published Tuesday. In most OECD countries, fertility rates in recent years were less than 2.1. 73.9% of babies born in Israel in 2016 were born to Jewish women, 20.7% to Muslims, 1.4% to Christians, 1.3% to Druze, and 2.6% not classified.
2018-03-16 00:00:00
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