Fertility in Afghanistan, 2005

Afghanistan
2005
Total fertility rate: 6.86
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Afghanistan was 6.86 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (322 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 1,097,038 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.86
Births
1,097,038
Births per 1,000 people
45.0
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
24,404,567
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
10-147.10.5%11,459
15-19130.89.5%162,581
20-24309.422.6%302,557
25-29322.423.5%266,017
30-34274.320.0%188,818
35-39192.714.1%108,272
40-4498.27.2%44,476
45-4933.52.4%12,211
50-542.20.2%644