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Peace Without Poison

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mayotteThe French began controlling Mayotte’s population growth in 1978, and not a moment too soonconsidering that the island’s population had grown from 15,000 in 1950 to 37,000 in 1970 (andto a whopping 215,000 in 2014). By 1993 the total fertility rate had decreased from 8 to 5children per woman, at which point the program of covert sterilization was slowed ownconsiderably.Since 1993 the total fertility rate has decreased at a slower pace and is currently at 3.1 childrenper woman. Mayotte is in a critical situation since the population is still rapidly growing and thepopulation density has long outstripped the island’s natural resources at 570 people per squarekilometer.Mayotte is in stage three of the demographic transition.980 | P a g e

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