Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 1957

Africa
1957
Total fertility rate: 6.61
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa was 6.61 children per woman in 1957 — 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, 12,725,154 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.61
Births
12,725,154
Births per 1,000 people
48.0
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
265,128,661
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
10-1415.01.1%224,692
15-19142.810.8%1,839,751
20-24273.620.7%3,148,648
25-29292.822.1%2,972,155
30-34259.919.7%2,260,119
35-39194.014.7%1,426,738
40-44111.28.4%683,227
45-4931.12.4%161,439
50-541.90.1%8,413