Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Middle Africa, 2054

Middle Africa
2054
Total fertility rate: 3.26
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2054  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Middle Africa is projected at 3.26 children per woman in 2054 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (151 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.6 years old. In total, 11,729,408 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.26
Births
11,729,408
Births per 1,000 people
26.3
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.49
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
446,233,808
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%61,935
15-1961.09.3%1,380,609
20-24133.120.4%2,779,645
25-29151.523.2%2,876,948
30-34143.822.0%2,423,425
35-39101.415.5%1,482,584
40-4448.57.4%602,222
45-4911.51.8%117,051
50-540.60.1%4,989