Fertility in Middle Africa, 2020

Middle Africa
2020
Total fertility rate: 5.69
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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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-5 -1   2020  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Middle Africa was 5.69 children per woman in 2020 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (251 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 7,575,907 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.69
Births
7,575,907
Births per 1,000 people
40.3
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.43
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
187,912,228
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
10-145.90.5%69,753
15-19121.310.7%1,181,823
20-24238.320.9%1,959,605
25-29250.822.0%1,747,741
30-34232.020.4%1,354,485
35-39175.515.4%834,654
40-4491.08.0%350,952
45-4922.72.0%73,570
50-541.20.1%3,337