Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2044

Africa
2044
Total fertility rate: 2.99
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2044  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 2.99 children per woman in 2044 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (151 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 54,175,750 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.99
Births
54,175,750
Births per 1,000 people
24.1
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.36
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
2,245,033,359
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
10-141.40.2%165,962
15-1959.910.0%6,496,829
20-24138.823.2%14,068,122
25-29150.525.1%14,165,950
30-34125.220.9%10,678,114
35-3981.113.5%6,027,243
40-4434.35.7%2,152,481
45-497.51.3%402,833
50-540.40.1%18,199