Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 1982

Africa
1982
Total fertility rate: 6.51
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1982  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa was 6.51 children per woman in 1982 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (287 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 23,258,567 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.51
Births
23,258,567
Births per 1,000 people
45.3
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.35
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
512,958,548
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
10-1412.20.9%378,411
15-19134.810.4%3,552,790
20-24270.720.8%6,046,651
25-29287.522.1%5,368,819
30-34256.019.7%3,921,448
35-39195.515.0%2,492,773
40-44112.88.7%1,201,789
45-4930.62.3%281,475
50-541.80.1%14,420