Fertility in Middle Africa, 2023

Middle Africa
2023
Total fertility rate: 5.51
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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   2023  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Middle Africa was 5.51 children per woman in 2023 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (243 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 8,085,670 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.51
Births
8,085,670
Births per 1,000 people
39.2
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.38
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
206,129,903
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
10-145.80.5%76,349
15-19117.510.7%1,272,196
20-24231.021.0%2,077,030
25-29243.522.1%1,860,847
30-34224.720.4%1,442,149
35-39169.515.4%902,836
40-4487.57.9%374,898
45-4921.72.0%75,908
50-541.20.1%3,450