 
<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.  