Fertility in Middle Africa, 2010

Middle Africa
2010
Total fertility rate: 6.20
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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 6.20 children per woman in 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (267 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 5,922,646 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.20
Births
5,922,646
Births per 1,000 people
43.6
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.48
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.4
Population
135,884,555
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
10-148.60.7%72,182
15-19136.911.0%973,973
20-24256.620.7%1,535,045
25-29267.221.5%1,312,558
30-34247.420.0%997,557
35-39193.215.6%664,494
40-44103.48.3%302,669
45-4925.52.1%61,511
50-541.40.1%2,657