Fertility in Zambia, 2040

Zambia
2040
Total fertility rate: 3.15
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2040 2010, 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 3.15 children per woman in 2040 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (142 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.9 years old. In total, 828,194 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.15
Births
828,194
Births per 1,000 people
26.3
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.50
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.2
Population
31,550,402
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
10-141.70.3%3,005
15-19100.916.0%161,462
20-24141.622.4%206,063
25-29138.622.0%186,283
30-34126.320.0%152,846
35-3985.113.5%87,156
40-4432.35.1%28,219
45-494.20.7%3,107
50-540.10.0%49