Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Afghanistan, 1999

Afghanistan
1999
Total fertility rate: 7.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Afghanistan was 7.64 children per woman in 1999 — 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, 1,013,252 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.64
Births
1,013,252
Births per 1,000 people
50.9
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
19,887,785
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
10-1411.20.7%13,768
15-19156.410.2%154,093
20-24322.021.1%269,448
25-29341.722.3%238,177
30-34304.819.9%173,667
35-39229.415.0%105,916
40-44123.18.1%46,043
45-4938.12.5%11,519
50-542.40.2%621