Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Middle Africa, 2038

Middle Africa
2038
Total fertility rate: 4.23
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2038  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Middle Africa is projected at 4.23 children per woman in 2038 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (190 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.5 years old. In total, 10,048,775 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.23
Births
10,048,775
Births per 1,000 people
32.1
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
313,445,396
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
10-143.80.5%74,166
15-1986.010.2%1,470,528
20-24175.920.8%2,593,649
25-29189.722.4%2,370,568
30-34177.321.0%1,832,586
35-39130.415.4%1,123,585
40-4466.17.8%481,791
45-4916.21.9%97,637
50-540.90.1%4,260