Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Northern Africa, 1969

Northern Africa
1969
Total fertility rate: 6.67
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Year

-5 -1   1969  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Northern Africa was 6.67 children per woman in 1969 — 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 29.2 years old. In total, 3,582,747 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.67
Births
3,582,747
Births per 1,000 people
44.6
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
80,401,401
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
10-148.60.6%41,536
15-19126.49.5%504,417
20-24296.622.3%948,984
25-29315.723.7%809,675
30-34269.920.3%640,477
35-39192.714.5%420,150
40-4494.67.1%177,108
45-4925.11.9%38,575
50-541.50.1%1,820