Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 1971

Africa
1971
Total fertility rate: 6.69
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1971  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa was 6.69 children per woman in 1971 — 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, 17,599,818 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.69
Births
17,599,818
Births per 1,000 people
46.9
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
375,326,100
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%312,716
15-19148.411.1%2,780,325
20-24280.821.0%4,422,010
25-29293.021.9%3,934,095
30-34258.219.3%2,969,026
35-39197.514.8%1,978,421
40-44113.58.5%971,362
45-4930.92.3%220,826
50-541.90.1%11,028