Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2037

Africa
2037
Total fertility rate: 3.28
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2037  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 3.28 children per woman in 2037 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (162 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 52,072,837 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.28
Births
52,072,837
Births per 1,000 people
26.2
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.47
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
1,983,888,830
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%186,914
15-1967.210.2%6,675,813
20-24151.623.1%14,052,172
25-29162.224.7%13,519,223
30-34135.920.7%9,732,908
35-3989.913.7%5,453,299
40-4438.85.9%2,038,072
45-498.61.3%396,086
50-540.50.1%18,335