Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zambia, 2054

Zambia
2054
Total fertility rate: 2.72
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2054  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Zambia is projected at 2.72 children per woman in 2054 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (122 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.8 years old. In total, 901,278 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.72
Births
901,278
Births per 1,000 people
22.2
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.1
Population
40,657,072
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%2,361
15-1988.516.3%170,700
20-24119.922.1%217,329
25-29122.222.5%203,983
30-34113.320.8%172,639
35-3972.113.3%100,479
40-4423.84.4%30,744
45-492.60.5%3,008
50-540.00.0%36