Fertility in Gambia (1950–2100)

Gambia
2026
Total fertility rate: 3.70
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 Gambia is projected at 3.70 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 (190 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.8 years old. In total, 82,634 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.70
Births
82,634
Births per 1,000 people
28.7
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
2,884,079
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
10-140.70.1%121
15-1952.07.0%8,332
20-24149.520.2%20,195
25-29190.125.6%22,383
30-34168.922.8%17,630
35-39116.815.8%9,988
40-4450.06.7%3,321
45-4912.71.7%635
50-540.70.1%29