Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zambia, 2065

Zambia
2065
Total fertility rate: 2.49
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2065  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Zambia is projected at 2.49 children per woman in 2065 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (115 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.9 years old. In total, 936,594 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.49
Births
936,594
Births per 1,000 people
19.7
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.1
Population
47,551,640
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
10-140.90.2%1,883
15-1977.815.6%162,254
20-24107.421.5%213,575
25-29115.223.1%218,486
30-34108.721.8%195,576
35-3966.613.4%111,322
40-4420.24.0%30,738
45-492.00.4%2,732
50-540.00.0%29