Total fertility rate in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024 — 4.26 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 35.1%.
1960–2024 · births per woman
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa
| Year | births | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.26 | −0.07 | −1.58% |
| 2023 | 4.33 | −0.06 | −1.46% |
| 2022 | 4.4 | −0.07 | −1.52% |
| 2021 | 4.46 | −0.07 | −1.44% |
| 2020 | 4.53 | −0.08 | −1.81% |
| 2019 | 4.61 | −0.08 | −1.77% |
| 2018 | 4.7 | −0.08 | −1.75% |
| 2017 | 4.78 | −0.08 | −1.63% |
| 2016 | 4.86 | −0.08 | −1.69% |
| 2015 | 4.94 | −0.08 | −1.6% |
| 2014 | 5.02 | −0.07 | −1.44% |
| 2013 | 5.1 | −0.08 | −1.56% |
| 2012 | 5.18 | −0.08 | −1.46% |
| 2011 | 5.25 | −0.07 | −1.32% |
| 2010 | 5.32 | −0.06 | −1.13% |
| 2009 | 5.39 | −0.06 | −1.1% |
| 2008 | 5.45 | −0.03 | −0.56% |
| 2007 | 5.48 | −0.05 | −0.83% |
| 2006 | 5.52 | −0.04 | −0.66% |
| 2005 | 5.56 | −0.03 | −0.5% |
| 2004 | 5.59 | −0.03 | −0.48% |
| 2003 | 5.61 | −0.04 | −0.68% |
| 2002 | 5.65 | −0.04 | −0.78% |
| 2001 | 5.7 | −0.04 | −0.72% |
| 2000 | 5.74 | −0.04 | −0.68% |
| 1999 | 5.78 | −0.04 | −0.64% |
| 1998 | 5.81 | −0.05 | −0.88% |
| 1997 | 5.87 | −0.07 | −1.17% |
| 1996 | 5.94 | −0.07 | −1.15% |
| 1995 | 6 | −0.06 | −0.99% |
| 1994 | 6.06 | −0.06 | −0.99% |
| 1993 | 6.13 | −0.06 | −0.92% |
| 1992 | 6.18 | −0.06 | −0.98% |
| 1991 | 6.24 | −0.06 | −0.92% |
| 1990 | 6.3 | −0.07 | −1.14% |
| 1989 | 6.37 | −0.06 | −0.94% |
| 1988 | 6.43 | −0.06 | −0.87% |
| 1987 | 6.49 | −0.05 | −0.74% |
| 1986 | 6.54 | −0.05 | −0.73% |
| 1985 | 6.59 | −0.05 | −0.77% |
| 1984 | 6.64 | −0.05 | −0.71% |
| 1983 | 6.69 | −0.04 | −0.53% |
| 1982 | 6.72 | −0.03 | −0.4% |
| 1981 | 6.75 | −0.03 | −0.37% |
| 1980 | 6.77 | −0.02 | −0.28% |
| 1979 | 6.79 | −0.02 | −0.23% |
| 1978 | 6.81 | +0 | +0.01% |
| 1977 | 6.81 | +0 | +0.03% |
| 1976 | 6.81 | −0 | −0.01% |
| 1975 | 6.81 | +0.01 | +0.14% |
| 1974 | 6.8 | +0.01 | +0.21% |
| 1973 | 6.78 | +0.01 | +0.17% |
| 1972 | 6.77 | +0.01 | +0.22% |
| 1971 | 6.76 | +0.02 | +0.31% |
| 1970 | 6.74 | +0.02 | +0.23% |
| 1969 | 6.72 | +0.01 | +0.17% |
| 1968 | 6.71 | +0.01 | +0.22% |
| 1967 | 6.69 | +0.02 | +0.25% |
| 1966 | 6.68 | +0.03 | +0.41% |
| 1965 | 6.65 | +0.01 | +0.22% |
| 1964 | 6.64 | +0.02 | +0.25% |
| 1963 | 6.62 | +0.02 | +0.24% |
| 1962 | 6.6 | +0.02 | +0.28% |
| 1961 | 6.59 | +0.01 | +0.21% |
| 1960 | 6.57 | — | — |
The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.
Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
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