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Table 1 Description of study sample

From: Spatial variations in family planning demand to limit childbearing and the demand satisfied with modern methods in sub-Saharan Africa

Subregion and country

Survey year

Number of women of reproductive age group

Number of married/in-union women of reproductive age

Western and Central Africa

 Angola

2015–16

14,379

8033

 Benin

2017–18

15,928

11,170

 Burkina Faso

2010

17,087

13,392

 Cameroun

2011

15,426

9805

 Chad

2014–15

17,719

13,439

 Congo

2011–12

10,819

6750

 Cote d’Ivoire

2011–12

10,060

6453

 Democratic Republic of Congo

2013–14

18,827

12,448

 Gabon

2012

8422

4749

 Gambia

2013

10,233

6905

 Ghana

2014

9396

5456

 Guinea

2018

10,874

7812

 Liberia

2013

9239

5875

 Mali

2018

10,519

8332

 Niger

2012

11,160

9509

 Nigeria

2018

41,821

28,888

 Senegal

2017

16,787

11,394

 Sierra Leone

2013

16,658

10,754

 Togo

2013–14

9480

6360

Eastern and Southern Africa

 Burundi

2016–17

17,269

9559

 Comoros

2012

5329

3291

 Ethiopia

2016

15,683

9824

 Kenya

2014

31,079

19,036

 Lesotho

2014

6621

3609

 Malawi

2015–16

24,562

15,952

 Mozambique

2011

13,745

8956

 Namibia

2013

9176

3366

 Rwanda

2014–15

13,497

6890

 South Africa

2016

8514

2841

 Uganda

2016

18,506

11,379

 Tanzania

2015–16

13,266

8189

 Zambia

2013–14

16,411

9649

 Zimbabwe

2015

9955

6015

 All countries

2010–18

478,447

306,080