Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat

World Fertility Patterns 1997

Age patterns of fertility

Age-specific fertility rates

(per 1,000 women)

Africa

The age patterns of fertility for subregions shown in the graph are weighted averages (using the number of women in corresponding age groups as weights) based on the number of countries for which data are available.

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United Nations publication, (ST/ESA/SER.A/165), Copyright (C) United Nations 1997