Fertility in Zambia, 2035

Zambia
2035
Total fertility rate: 3.40
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2035 2005, 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 3.40 children per woman in 2035 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (153 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.0 years old. In total, 802,366 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.40
Births
802,366
Births per 1,000 people
28.4
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.60
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.2
Population
28,266,892
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
10-142.00.3%3,227
15-19106.615.7%157,077
20-24153.322.5%208,114
25-29148.921.9%181,404
30-34135.019.8%139,243
35-3992.913.6%82,139
40-4437.25.5%27,792
45-495.20.8%3,310
50-540.10.0%58