Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2063

Africa
2063
Total fertility rate: 2.48
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2063  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 2.48 children per woman in 2063 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (130 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 56,462,565 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.48
Births
56,462,565
Births per 1,000 people
19.3
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
2,922,620,947
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
10-140.90.2%114,506
15-1943.78.8%5,527,267
20-24111.322.4%13,624,429
25-29130.026.2%15,170,671
30-34110.222.2%12,092,764
35-3968.213.7%6,959,218
40-4426.65.4%2,498,028
45-495.31.1%455,729
50-540.30.1%19,940