Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zambia, 2048

Zambia
2048
Total fertility rate: 2.87
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2048  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Zambia is projected at 2.87 children per woman in 2048 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (128 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.9 years old. In total, 871,993 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.87
Births
871,993
Births per 1,000 people
23.7
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.38
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.1
Population
36,782,266
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
10-141.40.2%2,655
15-1993.616.3%169,703
20-24127.922.3%212,806
25-29127.722.2%192,955
30-34117.420.4%162,655
35-3976.413.3%98,052
40-4427.04.7%30,154
45-493.20.6%2,971
50-540.10.0%39