South Africa’s fertility rate (births per woman) is 2.54. Nigeria’s, Cameroon’s, Ghana’s and the Ivory Coast’s are all over 4. (World Bank http://bit.ly/aG4PFt)

This week’s theme: African teams in the World Cup

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