Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zambia, 2049

Zambia
2049
Total fertility rate: 2.84
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2049  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Zambia is projected at 2.84 children per woman in 2049 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (127 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.9 years old. In total, 877,115 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.84
Births
877,115
Births per 1,000 people
23.4
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.36
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.1
Population
37,434,683
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
10-141.30.2%2,610
15-1992.716.3%170,302
20-24126.522.2%213,795
25-29126.722.3%194,522
30-34116.620.5%163,911
35-3975.613.3%98,535
40-4426.44.6%30,434
45-493.10.5%2,966
50-540.00.0%39