Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2049

Africa
2049
Total fertility rate: 2.82
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2049  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 2.82 children per woman in 2049 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (144 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 55,107,482 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.82
Births
55,107,482
Births per 1,000 people
22.7
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.29
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
2,430,064,258
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
10-141.30.2%151,626
15-1955.19.7%6,294,596
20-24130.723.1%14,111,560
25-29143.625.4%14,378,738
30-34119.721.2%11,065,379
35-3976.213.5%6,380,812
40-4431.55.6%2,291,587
45-496.81.2%414,971
50-540.40.1%18,229