Fertility in Northern Africa, 1980

Northern Africa
1980
Total fertility rate: 5.97
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern Africa was 5.97 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (298 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 4,482,648 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.97
Births
4,482,648
Births per 1,000 people
41.0
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.33
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
109,224,382
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
10-144.50.4%29,675
15-1992.27.7%525,574
20-24261.221.9%1,262,698
25-29298.525.0%1,193,677
30-34249.020.9%790,037
35-39178.314.9%441,365
40-4485.27.1%189,092
45-4923.42.0%47,992
50-541.40.1%2,543