Fertility in Africa, 2030

Africa
2030
Total fertility rate: 3.65
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2030 2000, 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   2030  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 3.65 children per woman in 2030 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (179 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 49,389,695 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.65
Births
49,389,695
Births per 1,000 people
28.6
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.62
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
1,727,213,466
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
10-142.20.3%213,576
15-1975.910.4%6,854,262
20-24168.223.0%13,553,671
25-29178.624.4%12,314,931
30-34150.120.5%8,849,215
35-39100.813.8%5,190,352
40-4444.46.1%1,997,497
45-4910.41.4%398,229
50-540.60.1%17,958