Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Gambia, 2042

Gambia
2042
Total fertility rate: 2.63
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Gambia is projected at 2.63 children per woman in 2042 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (144 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.7 years old. In total, 85,015 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.63
Births
85,015
Births per 1,000 people
22.1
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
3,850,536
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%30
15-1931.45.9%5,964
20-24105.620.0%18,822
25-29144.227.3%25,101
30-34130.024.6%20,392
35-3981.415.4%10,778
40-4429.05.5%3,304
45-495.91.1%598
50-540.30.1%25