Fertility in Middle Africa, 2029

Middle Africa
2029
Total fertility rate: 5.03
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2029 1999, 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   2029  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Middle Africa is projected at 5.03 children per woman in 2029 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (223 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.4 years old. In total, 9,003,879 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
5.03
Births
9,003,879
Births per 1,000 people
36.5
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
246,662,152
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
10-145.00.5%77,672
15-19105.710.5%1,411,508
20-24210.120.9%2,319,973
25-29223.422.2%2,047,115
30-34208.020.7%1,619,401
35-39154.615.4%1,010,759
40-4479.17.9%428,732
45-4919.61.9%85,063
50-541.00.1%3,650