This statistic shows the fertility rate in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2007 to 2017. The fertility rate is the average number of children born to one woman while being of child-bearing age. Sub-Saharan Africa includes almost all countries south of the Sahara desert. In 2017, the fertility rate in Sub-Saharan Africa amounted to 4.77 children per woman.
Sub-Saharan Africa: Fertility rate from 2007 to 2017
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World Bank. (December 20, 2019). Sub-Saharan Africa: Fertility rate from 2007 to 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 20, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/805638/fertility-rate-in-sub-saharan-africa/
World Bank. "Sub-Saharan Africa: Fertility rate from 2007 to 2017." Chart. December 20, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 20, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/805638/fertility-rate-in-sub-saharan-africa/
World Bank. (2019). Sub-Saharan Africa: Fertility rate from 2007 to 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 20, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/805638/fertility-rate-in-sub-saharan-africa/
World Bank. "Sub-saharan Africa: Fertility Rate from 2007 to 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Dec 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/805638/fertility-rate-in-sub-saharan-africa/
World Bank, Sub-Saharan Africa: Fertility rate from 2007 to 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/805638/fertility-rate-in-sub-saharan-africa/ (last visited February 20, 2020)
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