Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Northern Africa, 2028

Northern Africa
2028
Total fertility rate: 2.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2028  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Northern Africa is projected at 2.79 children per woman in 2028 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (163 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.3 years old. In total, 5,899,146 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.79
Births
5,899,146
Births per 1,000 people
20.4
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
289,000,356
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%9,866
15-1933.86.1%453,618
20-24119.821.5%1,386,798
25-29162.729.3%1,705,215
30-34124.822.4%1,245,673
35-3977.513.9%761,056
40-4430.15.4%282,915
45-496.21.1%51,470
50-540.40.1%2,542