Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zambia, 2044

Zambia
2044
Total fertility rate: 3.00
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2044  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Zambia is projected at 3.00 children per woman in 2044 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (134 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.9 years old. In total, 850,164 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.00
Births
850,164
Births per 1,000 people
24.9
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.43
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.1
Population
34,165,934
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
10-141.50.3%2,837
15-1997.116.2%166,169
20-24134.222.4%208,520
25-29132.522.1%187,699
30-34121.220.2%159,296
35-3980.413.4%93,823
40-4429.34.9%28,743
45-493.60.6%3,032
50-540.10.0%43