Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 1954

Africa
1954
Total fertility rate: 6.57
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Africa was 6.57 children per woman in 1954 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (292 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 11,924,006 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.57
Births
11,924,006
Births per 1,000 people
48.1
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
248,005,823
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
10-1414.91.1%206,617
15-19140.910.7%1,730,535
20-24272.120.7%2,980,906
25-29291.822.2%2,782,033
30-34258.719.7%2,102,841
35-39193.114.7%1,324,337
40-44110.58.4%637,069
45-4931.02.4%151,794
50-541.90.1%7,869