Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zambia, 2046

Zambia
2046
Total fertility rate: 2.93
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2046  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Zambia is projected at 2.93 children per woman in 2046 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (131 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.9 years old. In total, 860,857 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.93
Births
860,857
Births per 1,000 people
24.3
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.40
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.1
Population
35,475,810
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
10-141.50.2%2,748
15-1995.216.2%168,110
20-24130.922.3%210,458
25-29129.922.2%189,861
30-34119.120.3%160,872
35-3978.313.3%96,351
40-4428.14.8%29,412
45-493.40.6%3,000
50-540.10.0%42