PAPP101 - S01: Demography on the world stage

High fertility and population growth (cont.)

Low-income countries with high fertility and rapid population growth

Many of the world’s poorest countries are characterised by high fertility and rapid population growth rates of over two percent a year. A substantial number of these are concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Examples:

	TFR	Growth Rate	Doubling Time
Burkina Faso	6.2	3.1%	23 years
Guinea-Bissau	4.9	2.0%	35 years
Niger	7.4	3.4%	21 years

Source: US Bureau of the Census.