Fertility in Northern Africa, 2017

Northern Africa
2017
Total fertility rate: 3.32
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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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-5 -1   2017  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern Africa was 3.32 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (182 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 6,275,083 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.32
Births
6,275,083
Births per 1,000 people
25.9
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.55
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
242,448,166
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
10-141.00.2%11,680
15-1946.06.9%484,754
20-24147.722.2%1,486,933
25-29182.127.4%1,804,975
30-34146.522.0%1,375,687
35-3994.614.2%782,209
40-4440.26.0%283,131
45-497.21.1%43,844
50-540.40.1%1,875