With the Exception of Sub-Saharan Africans Male Sperm count globally loses approximately 3 percent annually!
Niger holds the highest fertility rate in Africa, with an average of 6.82 children per woman during her reproductive years. It is followed by Somalia and Chad, with fertility rates of approximately 6.31 and 6.26 children per woman, respectively. Since 2000, fertility rates in Northern African countries and South Africa have been gradually decreasing and are expected to continue this trend. Fertility rates have significantly diverged across different regions, remaining stable in Western Africa and the Sahel, while Northern Africa and South Africa have seen a steady decline. In Northern Africa, the fertility rate dropped from seven children per woman in the 1960s to five by the late 1980s, and further to three by 2010.
However, Africa still holds the title for the continent with the highest fertility rate globally. On average, women in Africa give birth to 4.47 children during their reproductive years. In 2021, Africa was the sole continent surpassing the global average fertility rate, with West and Central Africa leading with 107 births per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 19 years. This rate exceeded the global average of 2.32 children per woman. Additionally, Africa had the highest adolescent fertility rate worldwide.
Recent official statistics showed that the general fertility rate in India has fallen 20 per cent in 10 years. Infertility is also becoming a growing problem, doctors warned. Some 30 million people in India are affected by infertility, according to research from healthcare firm Nova. India's total fertility rate, which measures the average number of births per woman, plummeted from nearly 6.2 in 1950 to just under 2 in 2021, and is projected to fall further to 1.29 by 2050. Many scientists feel the practice if skin bleaching and removal of protective Eumelanin has a lot to do with the fertility decline.
The invaders and colonizers who arrived in India from the 1400s onwards were predominantly of light skin tone. This group included the Dutch, French, Portuguese, Mughals, and notably, the British, who ruled India from the 17th century until its independence in 1947. Under the British Empire, discrimination based on skin color was institutionalized; light-skinned Indians were favored by the colonizers, receiving privileges over darker-skinned individuals. The British East India Company went as far as designating their settlement at Fort St. George as "White Town" and their Indian settlement as "Black Town."
The British colonizers were able to build on India’s existing caste system, a socio-economic hierarchy with origins in Hinduism but which now permeates across Indian society. The upper castes like the Brahmins and Kshatriyas were traditionally powerful (and also fair-skinned), while lower castes (including the “untouchable” Dalits) performed manual tasks and had darker complexions.
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