Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by People > Fertility > Fertility rate, total > Births per woman
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DEFINITION:
Fertility rate, total (births per woman). 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 | 7.58 | 2011 | ||
| 2 | Mali | 6.85 | 2011 | ||
| 3 | Somalia | 6.77 | 2011 | ||
| 4 | Chad | 6.49 | 2011 | ||
| 5 | Burundi | 6.21 | 2011 | ||
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6.15 | 2011 | ||
| 7 | Angola | 6.1 | 2011 | ||
| 8 | Uganda | 6.06 | 2011 | ||
| 9 | Nigeria | 6.02 | 2011 | ||
| 10 | The Gambia | 5.79 | 2011 | ||
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 5.78 | 2011 | ||
| 12 | Zambia | 5.77 | 2011 | ||
| 13 | Malawi | 5.55 | 2011 | ||
| 14 | Tanzania | 5.36 | 2011 | ||
| 15 | Mozambique | 5.34 | 2011 | ||
| 16 | South Sudan | 5.1 | 2011 | ||
| 17 | Guinea | 5.09 | 2011 | ||
| 18 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.05 | 2011 | ||
| 19 | Republic of the Congo | 5.05 | 2011 | ||
| 20 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.04 | 2011 | ||
| 21 | Senegal | 5.02 | 2011 | ||
| 22 | Benin | 5.01 | 2011 | ||
| 23 | Liberia | 4.95 | 2011 | ||
| 24 | Cameroon | 4.94 | 2011 | ||
| 25 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.91 | 2011 | ||
| 26 | Eritrea | 4.88 | 2011 | ||
| 27 | Sierra Leone | 4.86 | 2011 | ||
| 28 | Comoros | 4.85 | 2011 | ||
| 29 | Mauritania | 4.78 | 2011 | ||
| 30 | Ethiopia | 4.77 | 2011 | ||
| 31 | Togo | 4.75 | 2011 | ||
| 32 | Rwanda | 4.73 | 2011 | ||
| 33 | Madagascar | 4.59 | 2011 | ||
| 34 | Sudan | 4.56 | 2011 | ||
| =35 | Kenya | 4.54 | 2011 | ||
| =35 | Central African Republic | 4.54 | 2011 | ||
| 37 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.22 | 2011 | ||
| 38 | Gabon | 4.18 | 2011 | ||
| 39 | Ghana | 3.98 | 2011 | ||
| 40 | Zimbabwe | 3.64 | 2011 | ||
| 41 | Djibouti | 3.53 | 2011 | ||
| 42 | Swaziland | 3.48 | 2011 | ||
| 43 | Namibia | 3.17 | 2011 | ||
| 44 | Lesotho | 3.15 | 2011 | ||
| 45 | Botswana | 2.71 | 2011 | ||
| 46 | South Africa | 2.44 | 2011 | ||
| 47 | Cape Verde | 2.38 | 2011 | ||
| 48 | Seychelles | 2.1 | 2011 | ||
| 49 | Mauritius | 1.45 | 2011 |
