Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 1958

Africa
1958
Total fertility rate: 6.62
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa was 6.62 children per woman in 1958 — 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, 12,997,768 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.62
Births
12,997,768
Births per 1,000 people
48.0
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
271,041,740
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
10-1415.11.1%232,656
15-19143.610.8%1,883,695
20-24274.120.7%3,204,592
25-29292.922.1%3,029,676
30-34260.119.6%2,313,780
35-39194.114.7%1,460,439
40-44111.38.4%699,749
45-4931.22.4%164,598
50-541.90.1%8,583