Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2036

Africa
2036
Total fertility rate: 3.33
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2036  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 3.33 children per woman in 2036 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (164 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 51,766,213 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.33
Births
51,766,213
Births per 1,000 people
26.6
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.49
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
1,946,779,565
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
10-141.80.3%190,390
15-1968.410.3%6,714,146
20-24153.823.1%14,037,752
25-29164.424.7%13,387,065
30-34137.920.7%9,589,295
35-3991.413.7%5,400,377
40-4439.55.9%2,031,893
45-498.91.3%396,877
50-540.50.1%18,389