Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Botswana, 2031

Botswana
2031
Total fertility rate: 2.46
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2031  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Botswana is projected at 2.46 children per woman in 2031 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (126 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.6 years old. In total, 58,504 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.46
Births
58,504
Births per 1,000 people
20.9
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
2,804,989
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%54
15-1948.09.7%5,961
20-24125.725.5%14,922
25-29117.323.8%14,136
30-34100.520.4%11,976
35-3972.414.7%8,824
40-4424.75.0%2,346
45-493.80.8%276
50-540.10.0%7