Fertility in Africa, 2045

Africa
2045
Total fertility rate: 2.95
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2045 2015, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2045  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 2.95 children per woman in 2045 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (149 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 54,364,214 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.95
Births
54,364,214
Births per 1,000 people
23.8
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.34
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
2,282,241,718
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%162,937
15-1958.89.9%6,455,734
20-24137.123.2%14,080,071
25-29148.925.2%14,184,385
30-34123.921.0%10,774,675
35-3980.013.5%6,106,345
40-4433.75.7%2,177,243
45-497.41.2%404,568
50-540.40.1%18,241