54 countries in Africa, 2024. Unit: births per woman. World ranking →
Across 54 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Chad (6.03) and the lowest in Mauritius (1.44).
The median country is at 3.84: half are above, half below.
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| 1 | Chad | 6.03 | |
| 2 | Somalia | 6.01 | |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5.98 | |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 5.95 | |
| 5 | Niger | 5.94 | |
| 6 | Mali | 5.51 | |
| 7 | Angola | 5.05 | |
| 8 | Burundi | 4.79 | |
| 9 | Mozambique | 4.69 | |
| 10 | Mauritania | 4.63 | |
| 11 | Tanzania | 4.54 | |
| 12 | Benin | 4.48 | |
| 13 | Nigeria | 4.38 | |
| 14 | Sudan | 4.26 | |
| 15 | Cameroon | 4.26 | |
| 16 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.23 | |
| 17 | Uganda | 4.17 | |
| 18 | Guinea | 4.13 | |
| 19 | Togo | 4.12 | |
| 20 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.12 | |
| 21 | Burkina Faso | 4.11 | |
| 22 | Republic of the Congo | 4.11 | |
| 23 | Zambia | 4.04 | |
| 24 | Madagascar | 3.91 | |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 3.91 | |
| 26 | The Gambia | 3.91 | |
| 27 | Liberia | 3.86 | |
| 28 | Comoros | 3.82 | |
| 29 | South Sudan | 3.79 | |
| 30 | Senegal | 3.77 | |
| 31 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.76 | |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 3.70 | |
| 33 | Eritrea | 3.68 | |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 3.67 | |
| 35 | Rwanda | 3.65 | |
| 36 | São Tomé and Principe | 3.60 | |
| 37 | Gabon | 3.59 | |
| 38 | Malawi | 3.59 | |
| 39 | Ghana | 3.34 | |
| 40 | Namibia | 3.21 | |
| 41 | Kenya | 3.17 | |
| 42 | Egypt | 2.74 | |
| 43 | Algeria | 2.72 | |
| 44 | Eswatini | 2.72 | |
| 45 | Botswana | 2.70 | |
| 46 | Lesotho | 2.66 | |
| 47 | Djibouti | 2.62 | |
| 48 | Libya | 2.30 | |
| 49 | Morocco | 2.21 | |
| 50 | South Africa | 2.21 | |
| 51 | Seychelles | 1.85 | |
| 52 | Tunisia | 1.82 | |
| 53 | Cabo Verde | 1.51 | |
| 54 | Mauritius | 1.44 |
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