Editing Developing country (section)

===Population growth===
{{See also|List of sovereign states and dependencies by total fertility rate}}
[[File:Total Fertility Rate Map by Country.svg|thumb|Map of countries and territories by [[Total fertility rate|fertility rate]] as of 2020]]
Over the last few decades, global population growth has largely been driven by developing countries, which often have higher [[birth rate]]s (higher [[fecundity]] rate) than developed countries. According to the United Nations, [[family planning]] can help to slow population growth and decrease poverty in these countries.<ref name="Population and poverty"/>

The violent [[herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria]], the [[March 2019 attacks against Fulani herders]] in Mali, the [[Sudanese nomadic conflicts]] and other conflicts in the countries of the Sahel region have been exacerbated by climate change, [[land degradation]], and [[population growth]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=How Climate Change Is Spurring Land Conflict in Nigeria |url=https://time.com/5324712/climate-change-nigeria/ |magazine=Time |date=28 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The battle on the frontline of climate change in Mali |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/the-reporters-46921487 |work=BBC News |date=22 January 2019 |access-date=2 August 2019 |archive-date=9 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009175946/https://www.bbc.com/news/the-reporters-46921487 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Deadliest Conflict You've Never Heard of |url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/nigeria/2019-01-23/deadliest-conflict-youve-never-heard |work=[[Foreign Policy]] |date=23 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218125507/https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/nigeria/2019-01-23/deadliest-conflict-youve-never-heard |archive-date=18 February 2019 |url-status=live  }}</ref> Droughts and food shortages have been also linked to the [[Northern Mali conflict]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/in-depth/sahel-flames-Burkina-Faso-Mali-Niger-militancy-conflict|title=The Sahel in flames|date=31 May 2019|website=The New Humanitarian|language=en|access-date=23 June 2019|archive-date=13 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113161848/https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/in-depth/sahel-flames-Burkina-Faso-Mali-Niger-militancy-conflict|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Climate change, food shortages, and conflict in Mali |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2015/04/climate-change-food-shortages-conflict-mali-150426105617725.html |work=Al-Jazeera |date=27 April 2015 |access-date=2 August 2019 |archive-date=5 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505190659/https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2015/4/27/climate-change-food-shortages-and-conflict-in-mali |url-status=live }}</ref>