Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Middle Africa, 2031

Middle Africa
2031
Total fertility rate: 4.86
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2031  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Middle Africa is projected at 4.86 children per woman in 2031 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (216 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.4 years old. In total, 9,264,649 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.86
Births
9,264,649
Births per 1,000 people
35.5
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
260,921,438
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
10-144.70.5%77,287
15-19101.410.4%1,436,913
20-24202.520.8%2,401,628
25-29215.922.2%2,108,645
30-34201.420.7%1,658,211
35-39149.815.4%1,047,904
40-4476.07.8%441,633
45-4918.81.9%88,638
50-541.00.1%3,787