Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zambia, 2073

Zambia
2073
Total fertility rate: 2.37
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2073  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Zambia is projected at 2.37 children per woman in 2073 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (112 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.1 years old. In total, 947,608 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.37
Births
947,608
Births per 1,000 people
18.1
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.1
Population
52,223,082
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
10-140.70.1%1,581
15-1969.714.7%152,629
20-2499.721.1%209,279
25-29112.023.7%224,962
30-34107.322.7%206,555
35-3964.113.5%118,185
40-4418.33.9%31,727
45-491.70.4%2,665
50-540.00.0%25