Fertility in Burundi, 2026

Burundi
2026
Total fertility rate: 4.57
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Burundi is projected at 4.57 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (224 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.1 years old. In total, 471,624 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.57
Births
471,624
Births per 1,000 people
32.0
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.4
Population
14,729,157
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
10-140.50.1%469
15-1949.95.5%44,429
20-24190.020.9%126,984
25-29224.424.6%111,477
30-34213.523.5%94,077
35-39146.716.1%62,650
40-4471.07.8%27,396
45-4913.81.5%3,997
50-540.70.1%146