Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2039

Africa
2039
Total fertility rate: 3.19
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2039  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 3.19 children per woman in 2039 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (159 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 52,783,788 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.19
Births
52,783,788
Births per 1,000 people
25.6
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.43
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
2,058,325,999
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
10-141.70.3%181,006
15-1965.010.2%6,625,224
20-24147.823.1%14,076,955
25-29158.624.8%13,785,351
30-34132.520.7%10,045,655
35-3987.213.6%5,597,413
40-4437.45.9%2,056,735
45-498.31.3%397,164
50-540.40.1%18,277