Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Northern Africa, 1985

Northern Africa
1985
Total fertility rate: 5.39
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1985  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern Africa was 5.39 children per woman in 1985 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (272 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 4,807,948 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.39
Births
4,807,948
Births per 1,000 people
38.1
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
126,223,745
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
10-143.10.3%23,261
15-1975.47.0%488,611
20-24226.621.0%1,286,337
25-29272.325.2%1,313,994
30-34237.922.0%947,495
35-39163.515.1%510,440
40-4478.67.3%188,503
45-4921.82.0%46,730
50-541.30.1%2,579