Fertility in Northern Africa, 2008

Northern Africa
2008
Total fertility rate: 3.26
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 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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The total fertility rate of Northern Africa was 3.26 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (173 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 5,458,097 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.26
Births
5,458,097
Births per 1,000 people
26.9
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.49
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
203,071,384
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
10-141.60.2%16,636
15-1946.87.1%482,262
20-24146.922.5%1,463,973
25-29173.426.5%1,537,024
30-34145.522.2%1,095,076
35-3994.914.5%614,712
40-4438.05.8%214,774
45-496.71.0%32,284
50-540.30.1%1,354