Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 1998

Africa
1998
Total fertility rate: 5.30
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

Country

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 5.30 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (239 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 30,826,049 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.30
Births
30,826,049
Births per 1,000 people
39.0
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
789,981,450
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
10-148.00.8%394,509
15-19111.810.5%4,765,744
20-24223.721.1%8,031,883
25-29239.422.6%7,196,823
30-34213.820.2%5,381,510
35-39155.714.7%3,285,249
40-4482.07.7%1,417,716
45-4924.22.3%335,872
50-541.50.1%16,724