Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2085

Africa
2085
Total fertility rate: 2.16
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2085  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 2.16 children per woman in 2085 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (118 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.4 years old. In total, 55,229,111 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.16
Births
55,229,111
Births per 1,000 people
15.6
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.01
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
3,544,047,838
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%61,961
15-1930.07.0%3,997,214
20-2488.320.5%11,681,073
25-29118.527.5%15,407,374
30-34106.024.6%13,420,348
35-3962.514.5%7,663,143
40-4421.85.1%2,572,845
45-493.70.9%409,540
50-540.10.0%15,572