Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zambia, 2038

Zambia
2038
Total fertility rate: 3.25
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2038  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Zambia is projected at 3.25 children per woman in 2038 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (146 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.0 years old. In total, 818,853 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.25
Births
818,853
Births per 1,000 people
27.1
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.54
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.2
Population
30,240,566
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
10-141.80.3%3,090
15-19103.215.9%159,812
20-24146.122.5%206,315
25-29142.521.9%185,689
30-34129.619.9%147,830
35-3988.013.5%84,869
40-4434.15.2%28,023
45-494.60.7%3,170
50-540.10.0%53