Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Afghanistan, 2006

Afghanistan
2006
Total fertility rate: 6.69
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Afghanistan was 6.69 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (319 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 1,120,880 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.69
Births
1,120,880
Births per 1,000 people
44.1
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
25,424,094
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
10-146.00.5%10,287
15-19121.69.1%160,213
20-24309.423.2%317,537
25-29319.123.9%274,121
30-34268.720.1%193,280
35-39184.613.8%108,683
40-4491.96.9%43,636
45-4932.62.4%12,447
50-542.20.2%679