Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Northern Africa, 1958

Northern Africa
1958
Total fertility rate: 6.91
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern Africa was 6.91 children per woman in 1958 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (316 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 3,009,672 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.91
Births
3,009,672
Births per 1,000 people
49.3
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
61,013,577
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
10-1412.30.9%40,556
15-19152.711.0%411,876
20-24298.021.5%754,819
25-29316.322.9%736,946
30-34278.820.1%564,030
35-39198.114.3%331,930
40-4499.67.2%136,489
45-4926.61.9%31,378
50-541.60.1%1,648