Fertility in Northern Africa, 1990

Northern Africa
1990
Total fertility rate: 4.58
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 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   1990  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern Africa was 4.58 children per woman in 1990 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (234 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 4,750,900 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.58
Births
4,750,900
Births per 1,000 people
33.2
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
143,118,752
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
10-142.20.2%19,003
15-1958.96.4%431,140
20-24191.920.9%1,224,809
25-29234.125.5%1,311,985
30-34203.022.1%965,260
35-39142.915.6%557,301
40-4465.77.2%198,913
45-4917.61.9%40,428
50-541.00.1%2,069