Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Botswana, 2028

Botswana
2028
Total fertility rate: 2.56
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2028  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Botswana is projected at 2.56 children per woman in 2028 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (131 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.6 years old. In total, 60,095 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.56
Births
60,095
Births per 1,000 people
22.4
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
2,685,608
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
10-140.40.1%53
15-1950.29.8%6,079
20-24130.725.4%15,803
25-29121.823.7%14,724
30-34103.920.2%12,740
35-3976.014.8%8,272
40-4426.35.1%2,156
45-494.10.8%261
50-540.10.0%7