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In the West, that's what's happening. The birth rate has been dropping steadily and still is. But there is still a vast amount of the world where that's not the case. And that is where the big population growth is taking place.
David Attenborough
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David Attenborough
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
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David Frederick Attenborough
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