Fertility in Africa, 2005

Africa
2005
Total fertility rate: 5.04
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa was 5.04 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (229 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 35,809,368 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.04
Births
35,809,368
Births per 1,000 people
38.0
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
942,546,382
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
10-146.90.7%389,138
15-19108.410.7%5,489,552
20-24213.121.1%9,382,638
25-29229.422.7%8,492,054
30-34205.520.4%6,285,331
35-39148.214.7%3,778,718
40-4475.47.5%1,606,466
45-4921.02.1%367,899
50-541.30.1%17,602