Kenya facts of the day

The total fertility rate for 2019 was 3.4 births which marks a drop of about one birth from 4.8 births in 2009.

But here is the more interesting part:

The gap between the highest and lowest TFR continues to increase – which is lowest at 2.5 children in Nairobi and 8 children per woman in Mandera County.

Here is the full story.  Here is Wikipedia on Mandera County.  Here is another story: “The risk of dying in childbirth in Mandera, Kenya’s forgotten north-eastern region, is higher than anywhere else in the world.”