Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zambia, 2053

Zambia
2053
Total fertility rate: 2.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2053  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Zambia is projected at 2.74 children per woman in 2053 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (123 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.8 years old. In total, 897,507 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.74
Births
897,507
Births per 1,000 people
22.4
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.32
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.1
Population
40,014,832
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
10-141.20.2%2,411
15-1989.416.3%171,051
20-24121.222.1%217,079
25-29123.122.4%202,253
30-34114.020.8%170,858
35-3972.713.3%99,949
40-4424.34.4%30,857
45-492.70.5%3,013
50-540.00.0%36