Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2043

Africa
2043
Total fertility rate: 3.03
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2043  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 3.03 children per woman in 2043 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (152 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 53,936,983 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.03
Births
53,936,983
Births per 1,000 people
24.4
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.37
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
2,207,713,442
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%168,940
15-1960.910.0%6,530,165
20-24140.523.2%14,053,047
25-29152.125.1%14,128,274
30-34126.520.9%10,567,547
35-3982.213.6%5,940,095
40-4434.95.8%2,129,024
45-497.71.3%401,682
50-540.40.1%18,179