Fertility in Northern Africa, 2022

Northern Africa
2022
Total fertility rate: 2.97
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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   2022  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern Africa was 2.97 children per woman in 2022 — 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, 5,905,950 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.97
Births
5,905,950
Births per 1,000 people
22.3
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.39
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
264,719,925
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
10-140.80.1%10,943
15-1938.76.5%447,262
20-24131.122.1%1,373,749
25-29167.828.3%1,678,182
30-34131.222.1%1,292,781
35-3983.814.1%781,689
40-4433.45.6%273,776
45-496.51.1%45,481
50-540.40.1%2,083