TABLE 1.

Key Indicators for Niger and Togo

NigerTogo
Urban population (% of population living in urban areas)18%40%
Polygamy (% of married women in polygamous marriage)36%32%
Total fertility rate7.64.8
    Urban5.63.7
    Rural8.15.7
Ideal number of children (among women)9.24.3
    Urban7.43.6
    Rural9.64.9
Advanced maternal age (% of all women 35–49 who had a child at 35 years or older)60%46%
High parity (% of all women who had 5 or more births)43%22%
  • Source: Enquête Démographique et de Santé et à Indicateurs Multiples du Niger 201213; Enquête Démographique et de Santé au Togo 2013–2014.15