Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2031

Africa
2031
Total fertility rate: 3.60
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2031  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 3.60 children per woman in 2031 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (176 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 49,826,342 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.60
Births
49,826,342
Births per 1,000 people
28.3
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.60
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
1,763,341,330
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
10-142.10.3%209,213
15-1974.510.4%6,847,245
20-24165.723.0%13,682,122
25-29176.124.5%12,502,827
30-34148.020.6%8,944,659
35-3999.213.8%5,222,998
40-4443.56.0%2,000,552
45-4910.11.4%398,588
50-540.60.1%18,112