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ST/ESA/STAT/SER.K/WWW/16/Rev.5
22 April 2005

Statistics and indicators on women and men

 
Table 2b - Indicators on childbearing

Country

Year

Contra-
eptive
use, married women

Notes

Year

Total fertility rate

Births per 1000 women aged 15 - 19

Africa

 

 

 

Algeria

2000

64

 

2000-2005

2.5

9

Angola

2001

6

 

2000-2005

6.8

143

Benin

2001

19

 

2000-2005

5.9

136

Botswana

2000

40

 

2000-2005

3.2

79

Burkina Faso

2003

14

 

2000-2005

6.7

165

Burundi

2000

16

 

2000-2005

6.8

50

Cameroon

1998

19

 

2000-2005

4.6

122

Cape Verde

1998

53

 

2000-2005

3.8

94

Central African Republic

2000

28

 

2000-2005

5.0

133

Chad

2000

8

 

2000-2005

6.7

195

Comoros

2000

26

 

2000-2005

4.9

59

Congo

..

..

 

2000-2005

6.3

146

Cote d'Ivoire

1998/99

15

 

2000-2005

5.1

133

Democratic Republic of the Congo

2001

31

 

2000-2005

6.7

230

Djibouti

..

..

 

2000-2005

5.1

57

Egypt

2000

56

 

2000-2005

3.3

46

Equatorial Guinea

..

..

 

2000-2005

5.9

192

Eritrea

2002

8

 

2000-2005

5.5

94

Ethiopia

2000

8

 

2000-2005

5.9

96

Gabon

2000

33

 

2000-2005

4.0

114

Gambia

2000

10

 

2000-2005

4.7

127

Ghana

2003

25

 

2000-2005

4.4

70

Guinea

1999

6

 

2000-2005

5.9

201

Guinea-Bissau

2000

8

 

2000-2005

7.1

197

Kenya

2003

39

 

2000-2005

5.0

97

Lesotho

2000

30

 

2000-2005

3.6

39

Liberia

1986

6

 

2000-2005

6.8

227

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

1995

40

(1)

2000-2005

3.0

7

Madagascar

2003/04

27

 

2000-2005

5.4

129

Malawi

2000

31

 

2000-2005

6.1

163

Mali

2001

8

 

2000-2005

6.9

209

Mauritania

2000/01

8

 

2000-2005

5.8

104

Mauritius

1991

75

 

2000-2005

2.0

33

Morocco

1995

50

 

2000-2005

2.8

25

Mozambique

1997

6

 

2000-2005

5.5

104

Namibia

1992

29