Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2042

Africa
2042
Total fertility rate: 3.07
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 3.07 children per woman in 2042 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (154 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 53,669,529 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.07
Births
53,669,529
Births per 1,000 people
24.7
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.39
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
2,170,362,489
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
10-141.50.2%171,830
15-1961.910.1%6,556,504
20-24142.223.2%14,049,481
25-29153.725.0%14,066,501
30-34127.820.8%10,448,825
35-3983.413.6%5,849,810
40-4435.55.8%2,107,361
45-497.81.3%401,056
50-540.40.1%18,139