Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Afghanistan, 1994

Afghanistan
1994
Total fertility rate: 7.77
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1994  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Afghanistan was 7.77 children per woman in 1994 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (345 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 851,696 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.77
Births
851,696
Births per 1,000 people
52.4
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
16,250,794
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
10-1411.60.7%11,312
15-19156.810.1%131,194
20-24318.120.5%222,650
25-29345.322.2%198,176
30-34315.320.3%147,252
35-39236.715.2%89,964
40-44132.18.5%40,792
45-4936.32.3%9,893
50-542.20.1%461