Fertility in Northern Africa, 2023

Northern Africa
2023
Total fertility rate: 2.95
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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   2023  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern Africa was 2.95 children per woman in 2023 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (167 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 5,924,669 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.95
Births
5,924,669
Births per 1,000 people
22.1
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.38
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
268,541,105
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%10,839
15-1938.26.5%451,516
20-24130.422.1%1,385,516
25-29167.228.4%1,678,289
30-34130.522.1%1,289,426
35-3982.814.0%784,730
40-4432.85.6%276,968
45-496.31.1%45,339
50-540.30.1%2,042