World Food Policy Volume/Issue 2-2/3-1 Fall 2015/Spring 2016 | Page 164

Food Security In an Age of Falling Commodity and Food Prices: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa

Congo, Ethiopia, Republic of Tanzania,
United States of America, Indonesia, and
Uganda.

The median-variant projection
put the ASS population to 2 billion in
2050 and 4 billion in 2100. From 2000
to 2030, SSA population shall more than
double (i.e., the most rapid growth rate of
population in the world).

In SSA, fertility rates are among
the highest in the world. Women currently
average 5.2 children, escalating to 7.6
in Niger, compared to averages of 1.6 in
Europe, and 1.9 in North America. In
West Africa, a region where malnutrition
remains a challenge, fertility rates have
declined modestly in the past 60 years,
from 6.3 to 5.7 children per mother and
in central Africa, a region including some
of the poorest African nations, fertility
rates have increased from 5.99 to 6.17
since 19