Fertility in Rwanda, 2024

Rwanda
2024
Total fertility rate: 3.64
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2024 1994, 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

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-5 -1   2024  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Rwanda is projected at 3.64 children per woman in 2024 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (183 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.6 years old. In total, 400,062 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.64
Births
400,062
Births per 1,000 people
28.1
Mean age of mothers
30.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.69
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
14,256,567
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%216
15-1930.64.2%24,438
20-24138.819.0%96,116
25-29182.725.1%101,180
30-34175.824.1%88,983
35-39129.717.8%60,818
40-4461.38.4%25,260
45-499.71.3%2,963
50-540.40.1%89