Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Northern Africa

Total fertility rate in Northern Africa in 2024 — 2.89 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 58.5%.

2024 2.89 births −1.06% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 6.98 births1962
Period minimum 2.89 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Northern Africa, 1960–2024246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.96 births1962: 6.98 births1964: 6.92 births1966: 6.82 births1968: 6.74 births1970: 6.65 births1972: 6.55 births1974: 6.43 births1976: 6.33 births1978: 6.17 births1980: 6.01 births1982: 5.82 births1984: 5.58 births1986: 5.26 births1988: 4.95 births1990: 4.62 births1992: 4.34 births1994: 4.05 births1996: 3.76 births1998: 3.6 births2000: 3.46 births2002: 3.36 births2004: 3.31 births2006: 3.29 births2008: 3.3 births2010: 3.35 births2012: 3.4 births2014: 3.42 births2016: 3.35 births2018: 3.17 births2020: 3.05 births2022: 2.95 births2024: 2.89 births
Change over the period: −4.07 (−58.48%) Average annual rate: -1.36 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Northern Africa

Northern Africa 2.89 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 2.89 −0.03 −1.06%
2023 2.92 −0.03 −0.87%
2022 2.95 −0.02 −0.76%
2021 2.97 −0.08 −2.66%
2020 3.05 −0.04 −1.19%
2019 3.09 −0.08 −2.51%
2018 3.17 −0.15 −4.6%
2017 3.32 −0.03 −0.94%
2016 3.35 −0.08 −2.22%
2015 3.43 +0 +0.09%
2014 3.42 +0 +0.08%
2013 3.42 +0.02 +0.66%
2012 3.4 +0.05 +1.35%
2011 3.35 +0.01 +0.17%
2010 3.35 +0.03 +0.83%
2009 3.32 +0.02 +0.46%
2008 3.3 +0.01 +0.21%
2007 3.3 +0.01 +0.36%
2006 3.29 −0.01 −0.35%
2005 3.3 −0.01 −0.23%
2004 3.31 −0.02 −0.7%
2003 3.33 −0.03 −0.79%
2002 3.36 −0.05 −1.48%
2001 3.41 −0.05 −1.47%
2000 3.46 −0.07 −1.91%
1999 3.52 −0.08 −2.23%
1998 3.6 −0.07 −1.95%
1997 3.68 −0.09 −2.35%
1996 3.76 −0.12 −3.19%
1995 3.89 −0.16 −4%
1994 4.05 −0.13 −3.09%
1993 4.18 −0.16 −3.63%
1992 4.34 −0.14 −3.08%
1991 4.47 −0.15 −3.17%
1990 4.62 −0.16 −3.36%
1989 4.78 −0.17 −3.44%
1988 4.95 −0.15 −2.85%
1987 5.1 −0.16 −3.07%
1986 5.26 −0.18 −3.33%
1985 5.44 −0.14 −2.59%
1984 5.58 −0.14 −2.47%
1983 5.73 −0.1 −1.68%
1982 5.82 −0.08 −1.43%
1981 5.91 −0.1 −1.69%
1980 6.01 −0.08 −1.34%
1979 6.09 −0.07 −1.2%
1978 6.17 −0.08 −1.35%
1977 6.25 −0.08 −1.22%
1976 6.33 −0.05 −0.82%
1975 6.38 −0.05 −0.78%
1974 6.43 −0.05 −0.85%
1973 6.48 −0.06 −0.98%
1972 6.55 −0.06 −0.85%
1971 6.6 −0.05 −0.73%
1970 6.65 −0.04 −0.64%
1969 6.7 −0.05 −0.73%
1968 6.74 −0.04 −0.57%
1967 6.78 −0.03 −0.48%
1966 6.82 −0.04 −0.57%
1965 6.86 −0.06 −0.92%
1964 6.92 −0.04 −0.61%
1963 6.96 −0.02 −0.24%
1962 6.98 +0.01 +0.11%
1961 6.97 +0.01 +0.15%
1960 6.96

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.