Sub-Saharan Africa has highest birth rates worldwide
Niger already has the highest fertility rate in the world, at an average of 6.8 births per woman; 4x above the UK and US, and nearly 3x the global average.
Impeded access to contraception will likely increase pregnancy rates.
6.8
6.2
6.2
6.1
5.9
5.9
5.2
5.1
5
4.9
4.7
4.7
4.6
4.6
4.5
4.5
4.4
2.3
Niger
Chad
Somalia
DR Congo
Central African Republic
Mali
Angola
Nigeria
Burundi
Benin
Burkina Faso
Tanzania
Gambia
Mozambique
Afghanistan
Uganda
Sudan
Global average
