Total fertility rate of Algeria 1925-2020

In 1925 in Algeria, the average woman had 7 children during the course of her lifetime. The fertility rate of a country is the average number of children that women from that country will have throughout their reproductive years. Algeria's fertility rate increased steadily from 1925, until it reached 7.7 children in the 1960s, with the exception of a slight, but noticeable drop in the interval between 1950 and 1955, which was due to the civil uprisings that eventually led to the Algerian War of Independence. From 1970 onwards, the fertility rate dropped dramatically, reaching 2.38 children per woman in 2005. Surprisingly, after 2005 the amount started to increase again. This increase led to an average of 3 children per Algerian woman in 2020, and it coincides with economic difficulties resulting from declining oil prices.