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Sub-Saharan African countries top the list of countries and territories by fertility rate with 40 of the highest 50, all with TFR greater than 4 in 2008. All are above the world average except South Africa and Seychelles . [ 71 ]
Toggle Sub-Saharan Africa subsection. 2.1 Eastern Africa. 2.2 Middle Africa. 2.3 Southern Africa. 2.4 Western Africa. 3 See also. ... List of countries by United ...
This is a list of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme, including 193 UN member states, two UN observer states (the Holy See [note 1] and the State of Palestine), two states in free association with New Zealand (the Cook Islands and Niue), and 49 non-sovereign dependencies or territories, as well as Western Sahara (a disputed territory whose sovereignty is contested) and ...
It lists 56 sovereign states (54 of which are member states of the United Nations), two non-sovereign (dependent) territories of non-African sovereign states, and nine sub-national regions of non-African sovereign states.
Niger–Congo languages and Nilo-Saharan languages are spoken in most of Sub-Saharan Africa. Nilo-Saharan occupies a smaller area but is highly diverse, and may be related as a parent or sibling of Niger–Congo. Afro-Asiatic languages are spoken in North Africa, the Horn of Africa, as well as parts of the Sahel.
This is a list of the current 54 African countries sorted by population, also sorted by normalized demographic projections from the most recently available census or demographic data. Africa is the fastest growing continent, currently increasing by 2.35% per year as of 2021. [1]
Sub-Saharan Africa [d] 1,137,938,708: 14.4% N/A 48 1 1 4 South-eastern Asia: ... List of countries and dependencies by area; List of countries and dependencies by ...
The total fertility rate (children per woman) for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.7 as of 2018, the highest in the world. [220] All countries in sub-Saharan Africa had TFRs (average number of children) above replacement level in 2019 and accounted for 27.1% of global livebirths. [221] In 2021, sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 29% of global births. [222]