Fertility in Gabon, 2026

Gabon
2026
Total fertility rate: 3.49
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 Gabon is projected at 3.49 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 (163 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.5 years old. In total, 69,484 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.49
Births
69,484
Births per 1,000 people
26.2
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.64
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.1
Population
2,647,400
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
10-143.10.4%449
15-1985.312.2%10,848
20-24155.522.3%17,005
25-29162.623.3%15,607
30-34140.820.2%12,940
35-39106.015.2%9,338
40-4438.55.5%2,994
45-494.70.7%300
50-540.10.0%3