Fertility in Zambia, 2026

Zambia
2026
Total fertility rate: 3.91
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

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The total fertility rate of Zambia is projected at 3.91 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (176 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.3 years old. In total, 721,060 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.91
Births
721,060
Births per 1,000 people
32.0
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.1
Population
22,521,915
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
10-142.70.3%3,706
15-19114.414.6%145,739
20-24176.222.5%190,269
25-29170.121.7%156,435
30-34152.919.5%119,908
35-39109.814.0%73,851
40-4448.86.2%27,491
45-497.91.0%3,584
50-540.20.0%78