Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Angola, 1972

Angola
1972
Total fertility rate: 7.49
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-5 -1   1972  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Angola was 7.49 children per woman in 1972 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (321 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.7 years old. In total, 305,545 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.49
Births
305,545
Births per 1,000 people
49.5
Mean age of mothers
30.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.9
Population
6,174,262
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
10-149.50.6%3,377
15-19107.27.2%28,733
20-24277.418.5%58,775
25-29320.921.4%68,870
30-34313.320.9%64,648
35-39261.417.4%50,336
40-44160.710.7%25,493
45-4944.93.0%5,096
50-542.80.2%216