Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Afghanistan, 1997

Afghanistan
1997
Total fertility rate: 7.73
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Year

-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Afghanistan was 7.73 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (344 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 961,674 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.73
Births
961,674
Births per 1,000 people
52.1
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
18,452,091
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%12,950
15-19158.810.3%147,946
20-24326.521.1%257,493
25-29343.922.2%224,133
30-34308.619.9%163,783
35-39231.815.0%99,809
40-44126.58.2%44,205
45-4937.02.4%10,777
50-542.40.2%579