Name: Fertility rate in Sub-Saharan Africa
Creator: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
License: https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/public-licenses#cc-by

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Births per woman. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Fertility rate (UN estimates) (births per woman), 2000 to 2024
Period	Sub-Saharan Africa	World
2024	4.26 births per woman	2.19 births per woman
2023	4.33 births per woman	2.20 births per woman
2022	4.40 births per woman	2.22 births per woman
2021	4.46 births per woman	2.25 births per woman
2020	4.53 births per woman	2.28 births per woman
2019	4.61 births per woman	2.35 births per woman
2018	4.70 births per woman	2.39 births per woman
2017	4.78 births per woman	2.46 births per woman
2016	4.86 births per woman	2.49 births per woman
2015	4.94 births per woman	2.49 births per woman
2014	5.02 births per woman	2.52 births per woman
2013	5.10 births per woman	2.52 births per woman
2012	5.18 births per woman	2.56 births per woman
2011	5.25 births per woman	2.55 births per woman
2010	5.32 births per woman	2.57 births per woman
2009	5.39 births per woman	2.59 births per woman
2008	5.45 births per woman	2.60 births per woman
2007	5.48 births per woman	2.60 births per woman
2006	5.52 births per woman	2.61 births per woman
2005	5.56 births per woman	2.61 births per woman
2004	5.59 births per woman	2.63 births per woman
2003	5.61 births per woman	2.64 births per woman
2002	5.65 births per woman	2.66 births per woman
2001	5.70 births per woman	2.69 births per woman
2000	5.74 births per woman	2.73 births per woman

A dash means no value was published for that period.

Fertility rate in Sub-Saharan Africa

Fertility rate in Sub-Saharan Africa over time

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