Fertility in Northern Africa, 2000

Northern Africa
2000
Total fertility rate: 3.40
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern Africa was 3.40 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (180 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 4,671,061 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.40
Births
4,671,061
Births per 1,000 people
26.6
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.52
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
175,569,257
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
10-142.00.3%20,650
15-1947.57.0%455,028
20-24149.922.1%1,240,190
25-29180.026.5%1,271,313
30-34153.222.5%944,321
35-3998.114.4%527,189
40-4439.35.8%178,159
45-498.91.3%32,763
50-540.50.1%1,439