Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2033

Africa
2033
Total fertility rate: 3.48
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2033  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 3.48 children per woman in 2033 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (171 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 50,631,764 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.48
Births
50,631,764
Births per 1,000 people
27.6
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.55
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
1,836,165,164
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%200,843
15-1971.910.3%6,807,155
20-24160.723.0%13,871,437
25-29171.224.5%12,877,842
30-34143.920.6%9,173,205
35-3996.013.8%5,276,072
40-4441.76.0%2,008,717
45-499.61.4%398,087
50-540.50.1%18,383