Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Afghanistan, 2027

Afghanistan
2027
Total fertility rate: 4.48
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2027  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Afghanistan is projected at 4.48 children per woman in 2027 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (231 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.7 years old. In total, 1,539,697 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.48
Births
1,539,697
Births per 1,000 people
33.3
Mean age of mothers
30.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
46,258,906
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%2,226
15-1953.96.0%134,431
20-24151.616.9%334,118
25-29230.925.7%449,933
30-34208.123.1%336,553
35-39152.116.9%189,639
40-4478.38.7%74,707
45-4922.32.5%17,254
50-541.30.1%836