Demographics of Haiti - Post-Quake Fertility

Post-Quake Fertility

Disasters often cause human populations to increase long term, rather than decrease, by way of increased fertility far exceeding the deaths caused by the initial disaster, as shell-shocked mothers replace every lost child with far more than needed. In Haiti's case, the fertility rate nearly tripled after the quake, as is likely to remain elevated (above pre-quake levels) for long after.