Fertility in Middle Africa, 2016

Middle Africa
2016
Total fertility rate: 5.91
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Middle Africa was 5.91 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (259 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 6,880,730 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.91
Births
6,880,730
Births per 1,000 people
41.6
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.46
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
165,456,682
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
10-146.30.5%64,074
15-19126.310.7%1,079,786
20-24246.320.8%1,793,819
25-29259.421.9%1,584,787
30-34240.920.4%1,210,530
35-39182.915.5%746,929
40-4495.48.1%327,458
45-4924.12.0%70,225
50-541.30.1%3,124