Fertility in Northern Africa, 2016

Northern Africa
2016
Total fertility rate: 3.35
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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 3.35 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (183 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 6,254,214 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.35
Births
6,254,214
Births per 1,000 people
26.3
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.56
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
237,439,109
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%11,915
15-1946.56.9%484,450
20-24150.122.4%1,508,046
25-29182.927.3%1,806,545
30-34147.722.0%1,360,568
35-3994.814.1%761,467
40-4440.56.0%276,899
45-497.21.1%42,487
50-540.40.1%1,843