Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2073

Africa
2073
Total fertility rate: 2.31
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2073  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 2.31 children per woman in 2073 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (124 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.1 years old. In total, 56,377,606 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.31
Births
56,377,606
Births per 1,000 people
17.4
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
3,234,288,652
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
10-140.70.1%89,426
15-1937.18.0%4,859,677
20-24100.221.7%12,878,199
25-29123.726.8%15,436,475
30-34106.923.1%12,776,392
35-3964.514.0%7,310,148
40-4424.15.2%2,565,005
45-494.51.0%443,814
50-540.20.0%18,504