Fertility in Rwanda (1950–2100)

Rwanda
2026
Total fertility rate: 3.54
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 Rwanda is projected at 3.54 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 (177 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.6 years old. In total, 409,278 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.54
Births
409,278
Births per 1,000 people
27.5
Mean age of mothers
30.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.65
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
14,889,693
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
10-140.30.0%222
15-1929.64.2%23,574
20-24134.519.0%101,348
25-29177.225.0%105,157
30-34172.424.4%89,185
35-39126.517.9%61,275
40-4458.38.2%25,358
45-498.81.2%3,076
50-540.40.1%87