Fertility in Middle Africa, 2022

Middle Africa
2022
Total fertility rate: 5.57
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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 5.57 children per woman in 2022 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (246 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 7,914,630 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.57
Births
7,914,630
Births per 1,000 people
39.6
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.35
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
199,713,824
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%73,921
15-19118.710.6%1,240,275
20-24233.520.9%2,032,724
25-29246.122.1%1,828,546
30-34227.220.4%1,413,761
35-39171.615.4%880,625
40-4488.88.0%366,384
45-4922.02.0%74,991
50-541.20.1%3,403