Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Afghanistan, 1998

Afghanistan
1998
Total fertility rate: 7.69
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Afghanistan was 7.69 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (342 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 985,909 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.69
Births
985,909
Births per 1,000 people
51.5
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
19,159,996
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
10-1411.40.7%13,359
15-19155.910.1%149,211
20-24324.121.0%263,176
25-29341.922.2%230,299
30-34308.120.0%169,289
35-39232.115.1%103,395
40-44125.98.2%45,458
45-4937.62.4%11,112
50-542.40.2%606