Fertility in Northern Africa, 2026

Northern Africa
2026
Total fertility rate: 2.85
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern Africa is projected at 2.85 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (165 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.3 years old. In total, 5,884,315 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.85
Births
5,884,315
Births per 1,000 people
21.0
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.34
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
280,740,471
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
10-140.70.1%10,141
15-1935.46.2%450,238
20-24124.321.9%1,379,187
25-29164.729.0%1,686,339
30-34127.022.3%1,256,095
35-3979.113.9%769,787
40-4431.15.5%281,375
45-496.21.1%48,888
50-540.30.1%2,269