Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2046

Africa
2046
Total fertility rate: 2.92
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2046  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 2.92 children per woman in 2046 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (148 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 54,587,404 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.92
Births
54,587,404
Births per 1,000 people
23.5
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.33
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
2,319,336,205
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%160,067
15-1957.99.9%6,421,134
20-24135.523.2%14,101,392
25-29147.525.2%14,220,929
30-34122.821.0%10,866,940
35-3979.013.5%6,184,801
40-4433.15.7%2,206,811
45-497.21.2%407,011
50-540.40.1%18,308