Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 1972

Africa
1972
Total fertility rate: 6.69
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-5 -1   1972  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa was 6.69 children per woman in 1972 — 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, 18,030,481 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.69
Births
18,030,481
Births per 1,000 people
46.8
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
385,311,882
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%323,006
15-19149.411.2%2,884,379
20-24279.620.9%4,514,320
25-29292.621.9%4,037,048
30-34258.219.3%3,020,864
35-39197.514.8%2,014,888
40-44114.18.5%998,558
45-4930.92.3%226,192
50-541.90.1%11,246