Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2004

Africa
2004
Total fertility rate: 5.06
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2004  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa was 5.06 children per woman in 2004 — 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, 34,946,957 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.06
Births
34,946,957
Births per 1,000 people
38.0
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
918,778,218
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
10-147.10.7%395,047
15-19108.610.7%5,386,167
20-24213.321.1%9,134,704
25-29229.822.7%8,249,395
30-34206.020.3%6,123,848
35-39149.014.7%3,694,242
40-4476.47.5%1,585,028
45-4921.32.1%361,244
50-541.30.1%17,275