Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2032

Africa
2032
Total fertility rate: 3.54
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2032  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 3.54 children per woman in 2032 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (174 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 50,224,366 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.54
Births
50,224,366
Births per 1,000 people
27.9
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.57
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
1,799,677,857
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
10-142.00.3%204,889
15-1973.210.3%6,828,011
20-24163.223.0%13,783,395
25-29173.624.5%12,688,656
30-34145.920.6%9,049,967
35-3997.613.8%5,249,669
40-4442.66.0%2,003,196
45-499.81.4%398,361
50-540.50.1%18,231