Fertility in Zambia, 2045

Zambia
2045
Total fertility rate: 2.96
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2045 2015, 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

Year

-5 -1   2045  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Zambia is projected at 2.96 children per woman in 2045 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (132 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.9 years old. In total, 855,298 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.96
Births
855,298
Births per 1,000 people
24.6
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.41
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.1
Population
34,821,106
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%2,795
15-1996.116.2%167,164
20-24132.522.3%209,345
25-29131.222.1%188,633
30-34120.020.3%160,095
35-3979.313.4%95,177
40-4428.74.8%29,030
45-493.50.6%3,018
50-540.10.0%42