Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2003

Africa
2003
Total fertility rate: 5.08
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa was 5.08 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (230 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 34,164,896 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.08
Births
34,164,896
Births per 1,000 people
38.1
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
895,734,228
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
10-147.40.7%401,066
15-19109.710.8%5,322,639
20-24214.221.1%8,924,944
25-29230.522.7%8,017,807
30-34206.320.3%5,965,657
35-39149.314.7%3,605,001
40-4477.17.6%1,556,527
45-4921.52.1%354,302
50-541.30.1%16,934