Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2006

Africa
2006
Total fertility rate: 5.01
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa was 5.01 children per woman in 2006 — 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, 36,596,955 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.01
Births
36,596,955
Births per 1,000 people
37.8
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.01
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
966,932,146
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
10-146.50.7%377,737
15-19107.810.7%5,561,584
20-24212.821.2%9,624,104
25-29228.622.8%8,715,134
30-34204.120.3%6,430,632
35-39147.414.7%3,864,215
40-4474.57.4%1,629,723
45-4920.82.1%375,862
50-541.20.1%17,967