Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 1993

Africa
1993
Total fertility rate: 5.66
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1993  +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 5.66 children per woman in 1993 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (254 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 28,346,967 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.66
Births
28,346,967
Births per 1,000 people
40.7
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
696,621,488
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
10-148.90.8%383,910
15-19117.010.3%4,274,961
20-24235.920.8%7,296,607
25-29254.422.4%6,637,107
30-34226.019.9%4,967,623
35-39169.414.9%3,076,397
40-4493.28.2%1,372,253
45-4926.92.4%322,063
50-541.60.1%16,026