Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2027

Africa
2027
Total fertility rate: 3.83
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 Africa is projected at 3.83 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 (186 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 48,018,490 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.83
Births
48,018,490
Births per 1,000 people
29.6
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.69
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
1,620,262,069
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
10-142.40.3%228,515
15-1980.010.4%6,813,505
20-24175.923.0%13,054,436
25-29185.924.3%11,788,660
30-34156.620.4%8,625,155
35-39105.913.8%5,112,669
40-4447.46.2%1,981,610
45-4911.41.5%396,457
50-540.60.1%17,480