Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Middle Africa, 2046

Middle Africa
2046
Total fertility rate: 3.68
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2046  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Middle Africa is projected at 3.68 children per woman in 2046 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (168 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.5 years old. In total, 10,987,133 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.68
Births
10,987,133
Births per 1,000 people
29.1
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
377,904,197
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
10-143.10.4%68,458
15-1972.19.8%1,458,540
20-24152.120.6%2,752,065
25-29167.822.8%2,646,031
30-34157.621.4%2,136,963
35-39113.415.4%1,289,208
40-4456.17.6%523,911
45-4913.81.9%107,143
50-540.70.1%4,815