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 |