Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Afghanistan, 1996

Afghanistan
1996
Total fertility rate: 7.76
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Year

-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Afghanistan was 7.76 children per woman in 1996 — 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 29.5 years old. In total, 932,409 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.76
Births
932,409
Births per 1,000 people
52.5
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
17,763,266
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
10-1411.50.7%12,304
15-19157.610.2%142,832
20-24327.021.1%249,768
25-29345.322.3%217,331
30-34310.120.0%158,799
35-39233.315.0%97,023
40-44128.58.3%43,380
45-4936.32.3%10,431
50-542.30.1%541