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Published on 2024-11-07 16:58:18
On average, a Namibian woman will have her first child at the age of 21.
This is according to Eben Kahitu, a statistician at the Namibian Statistics Agency (NSA), speaking at Mariental on Thursday.
Kahitu said data collected during the 2023 census showed that women who bear children in Namibia have four by the age of 49.
“The data further shows that, on average, a woman in Namibia will have 1.9 daughters if she survives all of her childbearing years,” said…
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