African population profile : a Chartbook

Abstract

This Third African Population profile attempts to analyses these issues which constitute a challenge in the 19905 to Africa, the world's fastest growing region, with very high infant, child and maternal mortality rates, low life expectancy, uneven population distribution, and very rapid urbanization. However, there are reasons for hope as an increasing number of countries are taking policy measures to correct their unbalanced population distribution and high fertility and some are progressing in family planning use.