Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Middle Africa, 2085

Middle Africa
2085
Total fertility rate: 2.37
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2085  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Middle Africa is projected at 2.37 children per woman in 2085 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (119 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.0 years old. In total, 12,629,605 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.37
Births
12,629,605
Births per 1,000 people
18.1
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
699,202,473
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
10-141.00.2%30,129
15-1932.56.9%948,186
20-2487.618.5%2,479,674
25-29118.925.1%3,252,739
30-34118.825.1%3,124,655
35-3977.416.3%1,927,881
40-4431.56.6%731,339
45-496.11.3%130,101
50-540.30.1%4,903