Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Middle Africa, 2007

Middle Africa
2007
Total fertility rate: 6.26
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Middle Africa was 6.26 children per woman in 2007 — 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 29.5 years old. In total, 5,427,024 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.26
Births
5,427,024
Births per 1,000 people
43.9
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.44
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
123,593,052
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
10-149.70.8%75,081
15-19137.111.0%887,728
20-24256.920.5%1,384,300
25-29268.121.4%1,180,740
30-34250.020.0%928,588
35-39196.715.7%629,637
40-44105.28.4%281,526
45-4926.02.1%56,959
50-541.40.1%2,474