Africa Rankings
Fertility Rate
births per woman
| Rank | Country | births per woman | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 2 |  Chad | 6.03 |
2 | 1 |  Somalia | 6.01 |
3 | 4 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5.98 |
4 | 5 |  Central African Republic | 5.95 |
5 | 3 |  Niger | 5.94 |
6 | 6 |  Mali | 5.51 |
7 | 7 |  Burundi | 4.79 |
8 | 8 |  Mozambique | 4.69 |
9 | 9 |  Mauritania | 4.63 |
10 | 10 |  Tanzania | 4.54 |
11 | 11 |  Benin | 4.48 |
12 | 12 |  Nigeria | 4.38 |
13 | 13 |  Sudan | 4.26 |
14 | 14 |  Cameroon | 4.26 |
15 | 15 |  Ivory Coast | 4.23 |
16 | 15 |  Uganda | 4.17 |
17 | 17 |  Guinea | 4.13 |
18 | 18 |  Togo | 4.12 |
19 | 22 |  Equatorial Guinea | 4.12 |
20 | 19 |  Burkina Faso | 4.11 |
21 | 20 |  Republic of the Congo | 4.11 |
22 | 21 |  Zambia | 4.04 |
23 | 25 |  Madagascar | 3.91 |
24 | 24 |  Ethiopia | 3.91 |
25 | 23 |  Gambia | 3.91 |
26 | 26 |  Liberia | 3.86 |
27 | 27 |  Comoros | 3.82 |
28 | 29 |  Senegal | 3.77 |
29 | 28 |  Guinea-Bissau | 3.76 |
30 | 30 |  Sierra Leone | 3.7 |
31 | 32 |  Eritrea | 3.68 |
32 | 31 |  Zimbabwe | 3.67 |
33 | 33 |  Rwanda | 3.65 |
34 | 36 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 3.6 |
35 | 35 |  Gabon | 3.59 |
36 | 34 |  Malawi | 3.59 |
37 | 37 |  Ghana | 3.34 |
38 | 38 |  Namibia | 3.21 |
39 | 39 |  Kenya | 3.17 |
40 | 42 |  Egypt | 2.74 |
41 | 40 |  Algeria | 2.72 |
42 | 41 |  Swaziland | 2.72 |
43 | 43 |  Botswana | 2.7 |
44 | 44 |  Lesotho | 2.66 |
45 | 45 |  Djibouti | 2.62 |
46 | 46 |  Libya | 2.3 |
47 | 47 |  Morocco | 2.21 |
48 | 48 |  South Africa | 2.21 |
49 | 49 |  Seychelles | 1.85 |
50 | 50 |  Tunisia | 1.82 |
51 | 51 |  Cape Verde | 1.51 |
52 | 52 |  Mauritius | 1.44 |