Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2028

Africa
2028
Total fertility rate: 3.77
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2028  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 3.77 children per woman in 2028 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (183 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 48,489,426 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.77
Births
48,489,426
Births per 1,000 people
29.3
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
1,655,677,484
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
10-142.30.3%223,586
15-1978.710.4%6,839,551
20-24173.323.0%13,235,790
25-29183.524.3%11,958,483
30-34154.420.5%8,690,317
35-39104.113.8%5,138,491
40-4446.46.1%1,988,407
45-4911.01.5%397,183
50-540.60.1%17,625