Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Health > Fertility rate > Total > Births per woman
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DEFINITION:
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with current age-specific fertility rates.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 7.67 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 2 | Uganda | 7.1 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 3 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.08 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 4 | Burundi | 6.8 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 5 | Liberia | 6.78 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 6 | Mali | 6.72 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 7 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6.7 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 8 | Angola | 6.56 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 9 | Sierra Leone | 6.48 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 10 | Chad | 6.3 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 11 | Somalia | 6.2 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 5.9 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 13 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.89 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 14 | Malawi | 5.84 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 15 | Rwanda | 5.8 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| =16 | Guinea | 5.6 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| =16 | Benin | 5.6 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 18 | Mauritania | 5.59 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 19 | Nigeria | 5.5 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 20 | Zambia | 5.4 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 21 | Ethiopia | 5.32 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 22 | Mozambique | 5.3 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 23 | Eritrea | 5.24 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 24 | Tanzania | 5.2 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 25 | Madagascar | 5.04 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 26 | Togo | 5.03 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 27 | Cameroon | 5 births per woman | 2004 | ||
| 28 | Kenya | 4.98 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 29 | Senegal | 4.9 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 30 | Djibouti | 4.74 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 31 | Central African Republic | 4.73 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 32 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.7 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 33 | The Gambia | 4.4 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 34 | Sudan | 4.15 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 35 | Ghana | 4.06 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 36 | Swaziland | 3.91 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| =37 | Comoros | 3.76 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| =37 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.76 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 39 | Gabon | 3.73 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 40 | Namibia | 3.66 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 41 | Cape Verde | 3.53 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 42 | Lesotho | 3.4 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 43 | Zimbabwe | 3.34 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 44 | Botswana | 3.03 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 45 | South Africa | 2.78 births per woman | 2005 | ||
| 46 | Seychelles | 2.1 births per woman | 2003 | ||
| 47 | Mauritius | 1.98 births per woman | 2005 |
