Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Northern Africa, 2027

Northern Africa
2027
Total fertility rate: 2.82
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2027  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern Africa is projected at 2.82 children per woman in 2027 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (164 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.3 years old. In total, 5,896,625 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.82
Births
5,896,625
Births per 1,000 people
20.7
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.33
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
284,969,259
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%10,014
15-1934.66.1%452,110
20-24122.121.7%1,383,125
25-29163.729.1%1,698,151
30-34125.922.4%1,251,797
35-3978.313.9%766,042
40-4430.65.4%282,730
45-496.21.1%50,261
50-540.40.1%2,399