Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Gambia, 2037

Gambia
2037
Total fertility rate: 2.86
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2037  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Gambia is projected at 2.86 children per woman in 2037 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (153 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.7 years old. In total, 84,188 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.86
Births
84,188
Births per 1,000 people
23.7
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
3,553,533
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
10-140.20.0%44
15-1935.86.3%6,494
20-24115.620.2%20,453
25-29153.526.8%24,399
30-34137.724.1%18,490
35-3988.315.4%10,231
40-4433.35.8%3,427
45-497.31.3%625
50-540.40.1%26