Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2082

Africa
2082
Total fertility rate: 2.19
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2082  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 2.19 children per woman in 2082 — 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, 55,581,093 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.19
Births
55,581,093
Births per 1,000 people
16.0
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
3,474,067,602
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%68,459
15-1931.77.2%4,214,573
20-2491.120.8%12,002,579
25-29119.527.3%15,428,114
30-34105.924.2%13,270,117
35-3962.814.3%7,587,109
40-4422.35.1%2,574,585
45-493.90.9%419,212
50-540.20.0%16,349