Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Northern Africa, 2003

Northern Africa
2003
Total fertility rate: 3.27
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern Africa was 3.27 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (175 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 4,862,645 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.27
Births
4,862,645
Births per 1,000 people
26.2
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.47
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
185,499,630
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
10-141.90.3%20,132
15-1945.46.9%459,343
20-24144.222.1%1,301,501
25-29175.126.8%1,341,968
30-34147.822.6%976,464
35-3994.614.5%547,697
40-4436.95.6%183,198
45-497.51.2%30,997
50-540.40.1%1,343