Fertility in Northern Africa, 2021

Northern Africa
2021
Total fertility rate: 2.99
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern Africa was 2.99 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (168 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 5,887,504 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.99
Births
5,887,504
Births per 1,000 people
22.6
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.40
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
260,481,890
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%11,029
15-1939.46.6%444,773
20-24131.622.0%1,362,644
25-29168.328.1%1,679,958
30-34131.922.1%1,294,881
35-3984.914.2%776,640
40-4433.95.7%270,362
45-496.71.1%45,165
50-540.40.1%2,057