Fertility in Afghanistan, 2001

Afghanistan
2001
Total fertility rate: 7.45
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Afghanistan was 7.45 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (340 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 1,006,562 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.45
Births
1,006,562
Births per 1,000 people
49.6
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
20,284,307
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
10-1410.30.7%13,266
15-19152.510.2%152,990
20-24319.821.5%269,502
25-29339.722.8%240,389
30-34296.319.9%172,220
35-39217.914.6%102,653
40-44114.07.6%43,414
45-4937.52.5%11,536
50-542.30.2%590