Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 1969

Africa
1969
Total fertility rate: 6.69
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1969  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa was 6.69 children per woman in 1969 — 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, 16,733,078 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.69
Births
16,733,078
Births per 1,000 people
47.0
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
356,032,264
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
10-1414.11.1%296,257
15-19146.711.0%2,581,201
20-24281.921.1%4,219,511
25-29292.721.9%3,720,942
30-34259.119.4%2,876,197
35-39197.114.7%1,898,882
40-44112.78.4%918,944
45-4931.02.3%210,518
50-541.90.1%10,594