Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Africa, 2099

Africa
2099
Total fertility rate: 2.03
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2099  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 2.03 children per woman in 2099 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (114 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.7 years old. In total, 53,017,712 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.03
Births
53,017,712
Births per 1,000 people
14.0
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
3,799,971,486
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%36,757
15-1922.75.6%2,995,991
20-2475.518.6%10,015,957
25-29114.428.2%15,119,069
30-34107.926.6%14,059,055
35-3962.015.3%7,940,234
40-4419.94.9%2,490,608
45-492.90.7%349,024
50-540.10.0%10,996