Egypt's population has nearly quadrupled over the last 60 years while water scarcity continues to threaten the nation, the Washington Post reports. Between 2014 and 2021, Egypt’s birth rate has dropped 20% from 3.5 to 2.8 children per woman, WaPo reports citing CAPMAS figures. The Egyptian government continues to push family planning — including with its “Two is Enough” family planning program — as the country nears “absolute water scarcity,” according to a recent report published by UNICEF and the American University in Cairo. To manage resource shortages, the country would need to reduce yearly births by over half — 400k down from over 2 mn last year, the government has said — but over 1 mn babies were born in the past seven months alone, WaPo reports.