Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2075

Africa
2075
Total fertility rate: 2.28
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2075  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 2.28 children per woman in 2075 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (123 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.2 years old. In total, 56,236,270 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.28
Births
56,236,270
Births per 1,000 people
17.1
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
3,291,312,264
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
10-140.60.1%84,615
15-1935.97.9%4,717,514
20-2498.121.5%12,694,853
25-29122.626.9%15,443,091
30-34106.523.4%12,896,167
35-3964.014.0%7,373,421
40-4423.75.2%2,569,275
45-494.41.0%439,169
50-540.20.0%18,143