Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Northern Africa, 2002

Northern Africa
2002
Total fertility rate: 3.29
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern Africa was 3.29 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (176 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 4,774,017 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.29
Births
4,774,017
Births per 1,000 people
26.2
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.48
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
182,195,229
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%21,017
15-1945.66.9%453,796
20-24145.322.1%1,275,520
25-29176.226.8%1,311,925
30-34149.322.7%963,954
35-3994.814.4%536,676
40-4437.05.6%178,197
45-497.91.2%31,537
50-540.50.1%1,391