I'm here to help you with that question. Let's break it down:
1. A country with a high birth rate does not necessarily mean it will have a high fertility rate. Birth rate refers to the number of live births per 1,000 people in a year, while fertility rate is the average number of children a woman is expected to have during her lifetime.
2. Birth rate and fertility rate are related but measure different aspects. Fertility rate takes into account factors like the age of women giving birth and birth control methods used, while birth rate simply counts the number of births in a population.
3. Therefore, a country could have a high birth rate due to a young population with a high proportion of women in childbearing age, but if each woman is not having a high number of children on average (low fertility rate), the birth rate might be high while the fertility rate is relatively low.
In conclusion, high birth rate and high fertility rate are not always directly correlated, as they measure different aspects of population growth and demographics.