Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 1968

Africa
1968
Total fertility rate: 6.69
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Year

-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa was 6.69 children per woman in 1968 — 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, 16,330,533 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.69
Births
16,330,533
Births per 1,000 people
47.1
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
346,800,639
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
10-1414.01.0%285,827
15-19146.010.9%2,485,740
20-24282.221.1%4,114,775
25-29293.221.9%3,638,853
30-34260.019.4%2,834,471
35-39197.014.7%1,858,430
40-44112.68.4%896,183
45-4931.12.3%205,876
50-541.90.1%10,369