Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2034

Africa
2034
Total fertility rate: 3.43
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2034  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 3.43 children per woman in 2034 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (169 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 51,030,395 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.43
Births
51,030,395
Births per 1,000 people
27.2
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.53
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
1,872,848,566
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
10-141.90.3%197,203
15-1970.710.3%6,779,610
20-24158.423.1%13,944,601
25-29168.824.6%13,061,692
30-34141.920.7%9,306,227
35-3994.413.7%5,310,135
40-4441.06.0%2,014,588
45-499.31.4%397,901
50-540.50.1%18,418