Fertility in Northern Africa, 2013

Northern Africa
2013
Total fertility rate: 3.40
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2013 1983, 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 3.40 children per woman in 2013 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (184 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 6,125,601 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.40
Births
6,125,601
Births per 1,000 people
27.4
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.58
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
223,224,557
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
10-141.20.2%12,460
15-1947.77.0%485,718
20-24155.322.8%1,561,190
25-29183.626.9%1,771,888
30-34149.822.0%1,287,242
35-3997.114.2%711,869
40-4440.35.9%254,831
45-497.01.0%38,738
50-540.40.1%1,668