
Fertility rate in Sub-Saharan Africa 2021
This statistic shows the fertility rate in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2011 to 2021. 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 2021, the fertility rate in Sub-Saharan Africa amounted to 4.6 children per woman.