Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Middle Africa, 2006

Middle Africa
2006
Total fertility rate: 6.27
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Middle Africa was 6.27 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (268 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 5,270,763 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.27
Births
5,270,763
Births per 1,000 people
44.0
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.42
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
119,767,323
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
10-149.90.8%74,120
15-19138.211.0%867,288
20-24257.720.6%1,337,206
25-29267.521.3%1,139,027
30-34252.020.1%913,070
35-39196.015.6%610,812
40-44104.78.3%271,520
45-4926.22.1%55,304
50-541.40.1%2,418