Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Algeria, 1978

Algeria
1978
Total fertility rate: 7.21
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Year

-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Algeria was 7.21 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (340 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.6 years old. In total, 762,849 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.21
Births
762,849
Births per 1,000 people
43.6
Mean age of mothers
30.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.60
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
17,506,974
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
10-140.20.0%242
15-1980.75.6%71,826
20-24284.919.8%209,314
25-29340.123.6%195,010
30-34307.521.3%133,777
35-39258.918.0%96,543
40-44130.69.1%45,173
45-4935.22.4%10,484
50-542.00.1%481