Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2007

Africa
2007
Total fertility rate: 4.99
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa was 4.99 children per woman in 2007 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (228 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 37,359,281 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.99
Births
37,359,281
Births per 1,000 people
37.7
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.01
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
992,055,599
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
10-146.30.6%370,084
15-19106.810.7%5,614,493
20-24212.221.3%9,838,902
25-29227.522.8%8,930,454
30-34203.320.4%6,596,380
35-39146.814.7%3,955,696
40-4473.57.4%1,650,177
45-4920.62.1%384,668
50-541.20.1%18,424