Fertility in Africa, 2001

Africa
2001
Total fertility rate: 5.16
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa was 5.16 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (233 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 32,815,219 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.16
Births
32,815,219
Births per 1,000 people
38.5
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
851,690,088
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
10-147.80.8%409,232
15-19111.410.8%5,150,995
20-24217.921.1%8,573,051
25-29233.322.6%7,645,952
30-34208.420.2%5,704,846
35-39151.514.7%3,473,511
40-4478.77.6%1,495,789
45-4922.42.2%345,295
50-541.40.1%16,553