Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2011

Africa
2011
Total fertility rate: 4.84
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa was 4.84 children per woman in 2011 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (221 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 40,356,070 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.84
Births
40,356,070
Births per 1,000 people
36.7
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
1,100,148,602
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
10-145.00.5%324,850
15-19105.510.9%6,002,408
20-24211.021.8%10,658,340
25-29221.022.8%9,717,443
30-34195.920.2%7,210,159
35-39141.414.6%4,280,873
40-4469.37.2%1,741,176
45-4919.22.0%401,645
50-541.10.1%19,189