Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Northern Africa, 2006

Northern Africa
2006
Total fertility rate: 3.23
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern Africa was 3.23 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (172 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 5,185,324 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.23
Births
5,185,324
Births per 1,000 people
26.5
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.47
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
195,766,790
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
10-141.80.3%18,751
15-1945.87.1%472,765
20-24144.022.2%1,392,798
25-29172.126.5%1,446,262
30-34145.322.4%1,035,702
35-3994.814.6%586,335
40-4437.25.7%200,327
45-496.91.1%31,072
50-540.40.1%1,318