Fertility in Africa (1950–2100)

Africa
2026
Total fertility rate: 3.89
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 Africa is projected at 3.89 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 (188 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 47,561,903 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.89
Births
47,561,903
Births per 1,000 people
30.0
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.71
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
1,584,985,259
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
10-142.50.3%233,626
15-1981.510.5%6,780,456
20-24178.622.9%12,872,783
25-29188.324.2%11,637,203
30-34158.820.4%8,559,142
35-39107.813.8%5,091,786
40-4448.66.2%1,973,659
45-4911.81.5%395,807
50-540.60.1%17,408