Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Middle Africa, 2074

Middle Africa
2074
Total fertility rate: 2.59
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2074  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Middle Africa is projected at 2.59 children per woman in 2074 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (126 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.8 years old. In total, 12,534,734 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.59
Births
12,534,734
Births per 1,000 people
20.3
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
615,998,846
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%41,961
15-1940.67.8%1,128,745
20-24100.219.3%2,655,970
25-29126.324.3%3,153,526
30-34123.423.8%2,885,342
35-3982.816.0%1,798,873
40-4436.27.0%725,518
45-497.71.5%139,192
50-540.40.1%5,612