Fertility in Africa, 2100

Africa
2100
Total fertility rate: 2.02
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2100 2070, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2100  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Africa is projected at 2.02 children per woman in 2100 — 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 29.8 years old. In total, 52,836,673 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.02
Births
52,836,673
Births per 1,000 people
13.9
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
3,813,883,603
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%35,321
15-1922.25.5%2,928,572
20-2474.618.5%9,889,547
25-29114.228.3%15,085,325
30-34108.126.8%14,102,939
35-3962.015.4%7,957,333
40-4419.84.9%2,482,797
45-492.80.7%344,187
50-540.10.0%10,646