Fertility in Northern Africa, 2015

Northern Africa
2015
Total fertility rate: 3.42
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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 3.42 children per woman in 2015 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (186 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 6,316,489 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.42
Births
6,316,489
Births per 1,000 people
27.1
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.59
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
232,669,196
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
10-141.10.2%12,090
15-1947.97.0%494,435
20-24153.922.5%1,547,917
25-29185.627.1%1,825,542
30-34150.922.0%1,361,580
35-3997.414.2%759,332
40-4441.06.0%272,905
45-497.11.0%40,946
50-540.30.1%1,738