Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 1966

Africa
1966
Total fertility rate: 6.69
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1966  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa was 6.69 children per woman in 1966 — 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, 15,573,967 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.69
Births
15,573,967
Births per 1,000 people
47.3
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
329,251,994
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
10-1414.21.1%272,075
15-19148.511.1%2,387,857
20-24280.621.0%3,865,480
25-29292.921.9%3,494,769
30-34260.219.5%2,730,328
35-39196.214.7%1,770,319
40-44111.88.4%847,486
45-4931.12.3%195,747
50-541.90.1%9,874