Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 1956

Africa
1956
Total fertility rate: 6.59
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa was 6.59 children per woman in 1956 — 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 29.4 years old. In total, 12,452,577 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.59
Births
12,452,577
Births per 1,000 people
48.0
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
259,271,440
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%217,771
15-19141.710.7%1,796,228
20-24273.120.7%3,092,808
25-29292.722.2%2,912,131
30-34259.619.7%2,207,074
35-39193.814.7%1,392,833
40-44111.08.4%667,121
45-4931.12.4%158,368
50-541.90.1%8,230