Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 1997

Africa
1997
Total fertility rate: 5.35
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +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 5.35 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (242 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 30,300,012 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.35
Births
30,300,012
Births per 1,000 people
39.3
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
770,384,406
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
10-148.10.8%388,391
15-19112.710.5%4,672,629
20-24225.721.1%7,875,577
25-29242.222.6%7,094,302
30-34215.820.1%5,295,686
35-39157.114.7%3,223,265
40-4483.57.8%1,399,521
45-4924.82.3%333,698
50-541.60.1%16,919