Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 1983

Africa
1983
Total fertility rate: 6.46
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1983  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Africa was 6.46 children per woman in 1983 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (285 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 23,852,382 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.46
Births
23,852,382
Births per 1,000 people
45.2
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
528,232,416
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
10-1412.10.9%385,778
15-19134.210.4%3,645,162
20-24268.720.8%6,208,246
25-29285.422.1%5,518,167
30-34254.119.7%4,029,656
35-39194.215.0%2,551,190
40-44111.48.6%1,213,635
45-4930.42.4%285,918
50-541.80.1%14,644