Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Zambia, 2074

Zambia
2074
Total fertility rate: 2.35
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2074  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Zambia is projected at 2.35 children per woman in 2074 — 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, 948,069 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.35
Births
948,069
Births per 1,000 people
18.0
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.2
Population
52,779,956
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%1,543
15-1968.714.6%151,056
20-2498.821.0%208,609
25-29111.723.7%225,844
30-34107.222.8%207,877
35-3963.813.6%118,683
40-4418.13.9%31,775
45-491.60.4%2,658
50-540.00.0%25