Fertility in Africa, 2070

Africa
2070
Total fertility rate: 2.35
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2070 2040, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2070  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 2.35 children per woman in 2070 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (125 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.1 years old. In total, 56,489,320 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.35
Births
56,489,320
Births per 1,000 people
18.0
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
3,145,215,298
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
10-140.70.2%96,825
15-1939.08.3%5,067,485
20-24103.321.9%13,128,472
25-29125.326.6%15,391,706
30-34107.622.8%12,573,864
35-3965.413.9%7,210,421
40-4424.85.3%2,553,200
45-494.71.0%448,279
50-540.20.0%19,074