Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Benin, 2028

Benin
2028
Total fertility rate: 4.19
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2028  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Benin is projected at 4.19 children per woman in 2028 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (218 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 503,256 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.19
Births
503,256
Births per 1,000 people
31.7
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
15,890,280
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
10-141.20.1%1,174
15-1970.18.4%59,035
20-24197.623.6%142,421
25-29217.926.0%133,156
30-34177.721.2%94,791
35-39110.613.2%49,911
40-4447.15.6%18,122
45-4914.01.7%4,424
50-540.90.1%223