Fertility in Northern Africa, 2018

Northern Africa
2018
Total fertility rate: 3.18
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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   2018  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern Africa was 3.18 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (176 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 6,082,362 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.18
Births
6,082,362
Births per 1,000 people
24.6
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.48
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
247,397,835
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%11,503
15-1943.16.8%460,690
20-24139.822.0%1,417,089
25-29175.627.6%1,750,649
30-34140.422.1%1,343,251
35-3992.114.5%784,958
40-4436.85.8%267,250
45-497.21.1%44,987
50-540.40.1%1,990