Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Afghanistan, 2014

Afghanistan
2014
Total fertility rate: 5.77
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Afghanistan was 5.77 children per woman in 2014 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (293 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 1,300,107 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.77
Births
1,300,107
Births per 1,000 people
39.6
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.47
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.6
Population
32,792,523
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
10-141.20.1%2,744
15-1984.17.3%157,905
20-24265.923.1%396,751
25-29293.325.4%336,040
30-34238.720.7%217,348
35-39163.614.2%125,297
40-4480.47.0%50,769
45-4924.72.1%12,590
50-541.60.1%665