Fertility in Middle Africa, 2030

Middle Africa
2030
Total fertility rate: 4.94
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2030 2000, 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

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-5 -1   2030  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Middle Africa is projected at 4.94 children per woman in 2030 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (220 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.4 years old. In total, 9,134,857 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.94
Births
9,134,857
Births per 1,000 people
36.0
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
253,739,516
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
10-144.80.5%77,440
15-19103.610.5%1,425,677
20-24206.320.9%2,360,956
25-29219.622.2%2,076,681
30-34204.720.7%1,639,622
35-39152.215.4%1,028,544
40-4477.57.8%435,346
45-4919.21.9%86,865
50-541.00.1%3,724