Fertility in Pakistan, 2026

Pakistan
2026
Total fertility rate: 3.44
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Pakistan is projected at 3.44 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (209 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 6,935,665 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.44
Births
6,935,665
Births per 1,000 people
26.7
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.56
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
259,299,792
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
10-140.40.1%5,405
15-1938.45.6%526,862
20-24169.424.6%1,985,469
25-29208.530.3%2,164,746
30-34152.622.2%1,369,338
35-3980.011.6%630,055
40-4429.34.3%198,423
45-499.51.4%51,983
50-540.70.1%3,384