Fertility in Northern Africa, 2024

Northern Africa
2024
Total fertility rate: 2.92
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2024 1994, 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

Year

-5 -1   2024  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern Africa is projected at 2.92 children per woman in 2024 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (167 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.3 years old. In total, 5,903,446 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.92
Births
5,903,446
Births per 1,000 people
21.7
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.37
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
272,131,339
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%10,538
15-1937.26.4%449,339
20-24128.622.1%1,384,152
25-29166.728.6%1,677,333
30-34129.322.2%1,276,146
35-3981.414.0%779,681
40-4432.25.5%277,980
45-496.31.1%46,199
50-540.30.1%2,079