  
<prompt> Trends in Fertility
 Births per woman for the three-year period before the survey 
 [["1987 EDSM", 7.1], ["1995-96 EDSM", 6.7], ["2001 EDSM", 6.8], ["2006 EDSM", 6.6], ["2012-13 EDSM", 6.1], ["2018 EDSM", 6.3]] 
 <response> Women in Mali have an average of 6.3 children. Since 1987, fertility has decreased from 7.1 children per woman to 6.3 in 2018.  