Fertility in Northern Africa, 2020

Northern Africa
2020
Total fertility rate: 3.07
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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   2020  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern Africa was 3.07 children per woman in 2020 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (172 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 5,989,923 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.07
Births
5,989,923
Births per 1,000 people
23.4
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.43
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
256,299,475
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
10-140.90.1%11,169
15-1941.06.7%453,288
20-24135.122.0%1,384,979
25-29171.928.0%1,716,153
30-34135.422.0%1,321,704
35-3987.614.3%784,454
40-4435.15.7%271,069
45-496.91.1%45,083
50-540.40.1%2,021