Fertility rate, total (births per woman) - Basic indicators - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators



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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. Source: World Bank staff estimates from various sources including census reports, the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, national statistical offices, household surveys conducted by national agencies, and Macro International.
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) - Basic indicators - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (2007)

Rank

Country

Value

1Niger6.95
2Mali6.52
3Uganda6.38
4Democratic Republic of the Congo6.30
5Chad6.20
6Somalia6.04
7Burkina Faso6
8Zambia5.87
9Angola5.79
10Guinea-Bissau5.73
11Malawi5.59
12Tanzania5.58
13Benin5.49
14Guinea5.45
15Rwanda5.43
16Ethiopia5.38
17Equatorial Guinea5.36
18Nigeria5.32
19Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa5.29
20Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria5.28
21Sierra Leone5.22
22Liberia5.14
23Sub-Saharan Africa5.11
24Mozambique5.11
25Gambia5.10
26Eritrea5.05
27Senegal5.04
28Kenya4.96
29Madagascar4.78
30Burundi4.66
31Ivory Coast4.64
32Africa4.63
33Central African Republic4.58
34Republic of the Congo4.41
35Mauritania4.37
36Ghana4.31
37Cameroon4.31
38Comoros4.30
39Togo4.30
40Sudan4.23
41Djibouti3.95
42Sao Tome and Principe3.85
43Namibia3.60
44Swaziland3.57
45Zimbabwe3.47
46Lesotho3.37
47Gabon3.35
48Botswana2.90
49Egypt2.89
50Cape Verde2.76
51Libya2.72
52South Africa2.69
53North Africa2.61
54Algeria2.38
55Morocco2.38
56Tunisia2.03
57Mauritius1.66
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