Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2098

Africa
2098
Total fertility rate: 2.04
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2098  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 2.04 children per woman in 2098 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (115 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.7 years old. In total, 53,205,580 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.04
Births
53,205,580
Births per 1,000 people
14.1
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
3,785,518,324
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
10-140.30.1%38,261
15-1923.25.7%3,064,893
20-2476.418.8%10,143,771
25-29114.728.2%15,153,268
30-34107.726.4%14,017,394
35-3962.015.2%7,924,119
40-4420.04.9%2,498,607
45-492.90.7%353,902
50-540.10.0%11,355