There's a myth that the Islamic world has figured out fertility, but it has not.
They show the same declining fertility rates that other places have. Barring Iraq, the Middle East has lower fertility rates than Israel now.
Exceptions: Yemen and maybe Palestine, both of which have terrible data, so their comparative situation is unclear.
But, two things on that:
Firstly, Jewish fertility is ahead of Arab fertility in Israel.
Secondly, Israeli fertility might be just ahead or slightly behind Palestinian fertility, depending on the source.
Israeli growth is definitely ahead of Palestinian growth due to immigration, Palestinian emigration, and Palestinian mortality.
So no, I do not believe in Islamic excellence in fertility. Even their famously fecund culture is not immune to the global baby bust.
Not in Denmark:
Nor in France, and even if we look at second-generation immigrants (not shown, but source linked below):
Sources:
ourworldindata.org/grapher/childr…
haaretz.com/israel-news/20…
ourworldindata.org/grapher/childr…
x.com/cremieuxrecuei…
ined.fr/en/news/press/…
demographic-research.org/volumes/vol36/…
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