Fertility in Middle Africa, 1990

Middle Africa
1990
Total fertility rate: 6.68
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Middle Africa was 6.68 children per woman in 1990 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (278 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 3,367,762 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.68
Births
3,367,762
Births per 1,000 people
46.5
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.36
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
72,458,534
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
10-1413.11.0%56,334
15-19141.410.6%516,662
20-24271.020.3%852,215
25-29278.220.8%739,896
30-34264.519.8%586,903
35-39212.015.9%385,211
40-44122.29.2%187,405
45-4931.02.3%41,147
50-541.80.1%1,987