Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Northern Africa, 2042

Northern Africa
2042
Total fertility rate: 2.44
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Northern Africa is projected at 2.44 children per woman in 2042 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (148 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.5 years old. In total, 6,320,476 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.44
Births
6,320,476
Births per 1,000 people
18.4
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
344,050,909
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
10-140.50.1%6,871
15-1927.75.7%383,107
20-24100.420.6%1,377,455
25-29148.330.4%2,075,781
30-34110.422.6%1,389,331
35-3967.613.8%748,601
40-4426.95.5%274,586
45-496.21.3%60,918
50-540.40.1%3,822