Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 1963

Africa
1963
Total fertility rate: 6.68
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1963  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa was 6.68 children per woman in 1963 — 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 29.3 years old. In total, 14,549,409 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.68
Births
14,549,409
Births per 1,000 people
47.6
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
305,371,051
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%262,534
15-19148.811.1%2,220,478
20-24278.420.8%3,545,650
25-29292.721.9%3,308,541
30-34260.819.5%2,582,222
35-39195.514.6%1,648,697
40-44111.68.4%789,020
45-4931.22.3%182,954
50-541.90.1%9,320