Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Middle Africa, 2053

Middle Africa
2053
Total fertility rate: 3.31
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2053  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Middle Africa is projected at 3.31 children per woman in 2053 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (153 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.6 years old. In total, 11,658,610 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.31
Births
11,658,610
Births per 1,000 people
26.6
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.51
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
437,564,449
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
10-142.60.4%62,772
15-1962.39.4%1,392,881
20-24135.320.4%2,783,793
25-29153.423.1%2,857,604
30-34145.421.9%2,388,987
35-39102.715.5%1,459,314
40-4449.47.4%592,925
45-4911.81.8%115,357
50-540.60.1%4,971