Fertility in Benin, 2055

Benin
2055
Total fertility rate: 2.90
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2055  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Benin is projected at 2.90 children per woman in 2055 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (163 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 608,425 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.90
Births
608,425
Births per 1,000 people
23.1
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.29
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
26,386,125
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
10-140.20.0%311
15-1942.27.3%52,648
20-24140.924.3%162,450
25-29162.628.0%173,602
30-34130.822.5%129,060
35-3971.712.4%65,787
40-4424.54.2%19,789
45-496.71.1%4,549
50-540.40.1%227