Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Northern Africa, 1983

Northern Africa
1983
Total fertility rate: 5.68
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1983  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Northern Africa was 5.68 children per woman in 1983 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (284 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 4,744,977 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.68
Births
4,744,977
Births per 1,000 people
39.7
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.27
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
119,428,329
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
10-143.90.3%27,589
15-1984.67.4%523,763
20-24242.121.3%1,296,081
25-29283.524.9%1,283,362
30-34243.321.4%884,884
35-39171.915.1%487,789
40-4483.97.4%190,709
45-4922.72.0%48,213
50-541.40.1%2,584