Fertility in Gambia, 2055

Gambia
2055
Total fertility rate: 2.26
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2055  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Gambia is projected at 2.26 children per woman in 2055 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (129 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.7 years old. In total, 82,697 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.26
Births
82,697
Births per 1,000 people
18.1
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
4,561,378
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
10-140.10.0%13
15-1923.15.1%4,570
20-2487.819.4%16,859
25-29128.728.4%24,023
30-34118.226.1%21,298
35-3969.115.3%11,735
40-4422.14.9%3,636
45-493.90.9%543
50-540.20.0%20