Fertility in Middle Africa, 2001

Middle Africa
2001
Total fertility rate: 6.39
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Middle Africa was 6.39 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (273 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 4,567,282 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.39
Births
4,567,282
Births per 1,000 people
44.6
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.37
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
102,391,292
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
10-1411.00.9%69,936
15-19137.510.8%721,780
20-24257.520.2%1,110,322
25-29272.821.4%1,006,588
30-34259.120.3%828,033
35-39200.715.7%537,960
40-44109.38.6%240,627
45-4928.12.2%49,788
50-541.60.1%2,254