Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 1979

Africa
1979
Total fertility rate: 6.62
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa was 6.62 children per woman in 1979 — 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 29.4 years old. In total, 21,600,687 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.62
Births
21,600,687
Births per 1,000 people
46.0
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.34
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
469,198,168
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
10-1412.40.9%353,200
15-19141.110.7%3,393,318
20-24277.020.9%5,600,889
25-29292.522.1%4,922,356
30-34258.019.5%3,618,759
35-39196.114.8%2,287,049
40-44114.08.6%1,144,956
45-4930.82.3%266,644
50-541.90.1%13,515