Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2081

Africa
2081
Total fertility rate: 2.20
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2081  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 2.20 children per woman in 2081 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (120 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.3 years old. In total, 55,663,535 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.20
Births
55,663,535
Births per 1,000 people
16.1
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
3,449,654,770
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
10-140.50.1%70,666
15-1932.37.3%4,285,490
20-2492.020.9%12,099,089
25-29119.927.2%15,428,214
30-34105.924.1%13,212,712
35-3962.914.3%7,555,658
40-4422.55.1%2,572,892
45-493.90.9%422,207
50-540.20.0%16,607