Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2065

Africa
2065
Total fertility rate: 2.44
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2065  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 2.44 children per woman in 2065 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (129 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 56,499,978 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.44
Births
56,499,978
Births per 1,000 people
18.9
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
2,988,210,864
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
10-140.80.2%109,366
15-1942.38.7%5,398,041
20-24108.922.3%13,496,896
25-29128.526.3%15,241,243
30-34109.322.4%12,231,801
35-3967.313.8%7,031,197
40-4426.15.3%2,518,545
45-495.11.0%452,927
50-540.30.1%19,981