Fertility in Afghanistan, 2026

Afghanistan
2026
Total fertility rate: 4.56
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Afghanistan is projected at 4.56 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (234 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.6 years old. In total, 1,520,756 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.56
Births
1,520,756
Births per 1,000 people
33.8
Mean age of mothers
30.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
45,047,068
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
10-140.80.1%2,359
15-1956.16.1%136,447
20-24157.117.2%340,720
25-29234.425.6%443,966
30-34210.623.0%326,118
35-39153.216.7%181,647
40-4478.58.6%71,672
45-4922.62.5%17,001
50-541.30.1%828