Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 1999

Africa
1999
Total fertility rate: 5.25
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa was 5.25 children per woman in 1999 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (237 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 31,510,804 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.25
Births
31,510,804
Births per 1,000 people
38.9
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
810,079,556
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%408,813
15-19112.310.7%4,921,634
20-24221.621.1%8,217,415
25-29236.822.5%7,331,396
30-34211.920.2%5,490,024
35-39153.814.6%3,342,290
40-4480.87.7%1,443,581
45-4923.52.2%339,095
50-541.40.1%16,554