Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2054

Africa
2054
Total fertility rate: 2.68
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2054  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 2.68 children per woman in 2054 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (138 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 55,786,311 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.68
Births
55,786,311
Births per 1,000 people
21.4
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.23
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
2,611,380,458
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%137,977
15-1950.79.4%6,046,651
20-24123.323.0%14,024,730
25-29138.025.7%14,728,454
30-34115.621.5%11,386,802
35-3972.713.5%6,604,798
40-4429.35.5%2,403,685
45-496.11.1%434,518
50-540.30.1%18,674