Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Middle Africa, 2073

Middle Africa
2073
Total fertility rate: 2.62
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2073  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Middle Africa is projected at 2.62 children per woman in 2073 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (127 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.8 years old. In total, 12,519,401 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.62
Births
12,519,401
Births per 1,000 people
20.6
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
607,940,255
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
10-141.50.3%43,041
15-1941.47.9%1,144,806
20-24101.519.4%2,667,654
25-29127.224.3%3,140,175
30-34124.123.7%2,863,659
35-3983.515.9%1,790,265
40-4436.77.0%724,708
45-497.91.5%139,486
50-540.40.1%5,606