Fertility in Middle Africa, 2026

Middle Africa
2026
Total fertility rate: 5.28
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 Middle Africa is projected at 5.28 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 (234 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.4 years old. In total, 8,585,114 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
5.28
Births
8,585,114
Births per 1,000 people
38.0
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
226,082,168
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
10-145.40.5%77,871
15-19111.710.6%1,349,592
20-24221.020.9%2,201,995
25-29234.122.2%1,959,106
30-34217.020.5%1,546,024
35-39162.115.3%963,073
40-4483.57.9%403,778
45-4920.72.0%80,123
50-541.10.1%3,542