Fertility in Middle Africa, 2019

Middle Africa
2019
Total fertility rate: 5.75
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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 5.75 children per woman in 2019 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (253 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 7,423,739 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.75
Births
7,423,739
Births per 1,000 people
40.7
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.41
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
182,227,032
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
10-146.00.5%67,900
15-19122.510.6%1,155,740
20-24240.620.9%1,927,762
25-29253.222.0%1,712,057
30-34234.420.4%1,325,752
35-39177.415.4%813,764
40-4492.18.0%344,535
45-4923.02.0%72,938
50-541.30.1%3,294