Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2002

Africa
2002
Total fertility rate: 5.11
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa was 5.11 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (232 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 33,443,532 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.11
Births
33,443,532
Births per 1,000 people
38.3
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
873,411,061
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
10-147.60.7%404,737
15-19110.210.8%5,226,143
20-24215.721.1%8,735,682
25-29231.922.7%7,824,509
30-34207.220.2%5,828,746
35-39150.214.7%3,534,070
40-4477.67.6%1,522,236
45-4922.02.1%350,593
50-541.30.1%16,824