Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Afghanistan, 1993

Afghanistan
1993
Total fertility rate: 7.76
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1993  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Afghanistan was 7.76 children per woman in 1993 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (347 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 759,621 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.76
Births
759,621
Births per 1,000 people
50.8
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
14,943,172
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-1411.70.8%10,307
15-19149.59.6%112,560
20-24313.020.2%196,409
25-29347.322.4%178,418
30-34319.320.6%133,526
35-39239.415.4%81,563
40-44134.08.6%37,506
45-4936.52.4%8,926
50-542.20.1%410