Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 1994

Africa
1994
Total fertility rate: 5.59
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1994  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa was 5.59 children per woman in 1994 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (252 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 28,708,447 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.59
Births
28,708,447
Births per 1,000 people
40.2
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
714,502,387
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
10-148.60.8%381,086
15-19115.810.4%4,342,227
20-24232.820.8%7,371,234
25-29252.422.6%6,739,398
30-34223.820.0%5,041,800
35-39166.514.9%3,110,423
40-4490.58.1%1,381,601
45-4926.32.4%324,395
50-541.60.1%16,263