Fertility in Gambia, 2024

Gambia
2024
Total fertility rate: 3.91
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2024 1994, 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

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-5 -1   2024  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Gambia is projected at 3.91 children per woman in 2024 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (199 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.8 years old. In total, 82,405 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.91
Births
82,405
Births per 1,000 people
29.9
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
2,759,988
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
10-140.80.1%142
15-1956.17.2%8,479
20-24157.920.2%20,218
25-29198.725.4%22,610
30-34176.622.6%17,327
35-39123.715.8%9,695
40-4454.26.9%3,252
45-4914.01.8%650
50-540.80.1%33