Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2014

Africa
2014
Total fertility rate: 4.69
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa was 4.69 children per woman in 2014 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (217 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 42,195,588 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.69
Births
42,195,588
Births per 1,000 people
35.5
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
1,189,220,339
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
10-144.20.4%290,290
15-19102.811.0%6,225,937
20-24207.122.1%11,089,408
25-29216.623.1%10,250,110
30-34189.320.2%7,638,878
35-39134.814.4%4,499,325
40-4464.76.9%1,775,096
45-4917.91.9%407,204
50-541.00.1%19,324