Muslim-majority country fertility rates are near European levels

Evidence

According to the CIA World Fact Book in 2005, the fertility rate in Algeria was 1.92, compared with 1.85 in France. In Turkey, Lebanon, Tunisia and Iran, figures were barely above replacement rates. — Matt Carr, You Are Now Entering Eurabia, 77

Categorization

• CANDY: Algeria’s fertility rate being effectively tied with France’s is a great elevator fact.
• QUESTION: Interesting to trace how these rates moved after 2005 — did Iran’s collapse further, did Algeria rebound?