Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2053

Africa
2053
Total fertility rate: 2.71
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2053  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 2.71 children per woman in 2053 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (139 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 55,682,069 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.71
Births
55,682,069
Births per 1,000 people
21.6
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
2,575,522,782
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
10-141.10.2%140,646
15-1951.59.5%6,101,102
20-24124.823.0%14,054,330
25-29139.125.6%14,673,410
30-34116.421.5%11,306,140
35-3973.413.5%6,572,783
40-4429.75.5%2,384,571
45-496.21.1%430,493
50-540.30.1%18,574