Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Middle Africa

Total fertility rate in Middle Africa in 2024 — 5.48 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 10.4%.

2024 5.48 births −1.21% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 6.71 births1987
Period minimum 5.48 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Middle Africa, 1960–202455.566.5719601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.12 births1962: 6.17 births1964: 6.22 births1966: 6.3 births1968: 6.38 births1970: 6.45 births1972: 6.52 births1974: 6.55 births1976: 6.59 births1978: 6.62 births1980: 6.65 births1982: 6.67 births1984: 6.69 births1986: 6.71 births1988: 6.7 births1990: 6.66 births1992: 6.62 births1994: 6.56 births1996: 6.51 births1998: 6.47 births2000: 6.43 births2002: 6.35 births2004: 6.29 births2006: 6.28 births2008: 6.26 births2010: 6.23 births2012: 6.15 births2014: 6.05 births2016: 5.95 births2018: 5.85 births2020: 5.73 births2022: 5.61 births2024: 5.48 births
Change over the period: −0.64 (−10.4%) Average annual rate: -0.17 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle Africa

Middle Africa 5.48 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 5.48 −0.07 −1.21%
2023 5.55 −0.06 −1.14%
2022 5.61 −0.06 −1.04%
2021 5.67 −0.06 −1.04%
2020 5.73 −0.06 −1.01%
2019 5.79 −0.06 −1%
2018 5.85 −0.06 −0.94%
2017 5.9 −0.05 −0.86%
2016 5.95 −0.05 −0.79%
2015 6 −0.05 −0.8%
2014 6.05 −0.05 −0.88%
2013 6.1 −0.05 −0.8%
2012 6.15 −0.04 −0.65%
2011 6.19 −0.03 −0.53%
2010 6.23 −0.03 −0.41%
2009 6.25 −0.01 −0.21%
2008 6.26 −0 −0.07%
2007 6.27 −0.01 −0.12%
2006 6.28 −0.01 −0.08%
2005 6.28 −0.01 −0.2%
2004 6.29 −0.02 −0.27%
2003 6.31 −0.04 −0.57%
2002 6.35 −0.04 −0.59%
2001 6.39 −0.04 −0.66%
2000 6.43 −0.02 −0.31%
1999 6.45 −0.02 −0.37%
1998 6.47 −0.02 −0.26%
1997 6.49 −0.02 −0.3%
1996 6.51 −0.03 −0.5%
1995 6.54 −0.02 −0.23%
1994 6.56 −0.03 −0.5%
1993 6.59 −0.03 −0.41%
1992 6.62 −0.03 −0.39%
1991 6.64 −0.02 −0.26%
1990 6.66 −0.02 −0.28%
1989 6.68 −0.02 −0.32%
1988 6.7 −0.01 −0.16%
1987 6.71 +0 +0.03%
1986 6.71 +0.01 +0.15%
1985 6.7 +0.01 +0.16%
1984 6.69 +0.01 +0.12%
1983 6.68 +0.01 +0.14%
1982 6.67 +0.01 +0.11%
1981 6.66 +0.01 +0.22%
1980 6.65 +0.01 +0.21%
1979 6.64 +0.02 +0.23%
1978 6.62 +0.01 +0.2%
1977 6.61 +0.02 +0.28%
1976 6.59 +0.02 +0.31%
1975 6.57 +0.01 +0.21%
1974 6.55 +0.01 +0.22%
1973 6.54 +0.02 +0.25%
1972 6.52 +0.05 +0.72%
1971 6.48 +0.03 +0.43%
1970 6.45 +0.03 +0.48%
1969 6.42 +0.04 +0.55%
1968 6.38 +0.04 +0.61%
1967 6.35 +0.04 +0.67%
1966 6.3 +0.04 +0.66%
1965 6.26 +0.04 +0.58%
1964 6.22 +0.03 +0.52%
1963 6.19 +0.03 +0.41%
1962 6.17 +0.02 +0.39%
1961 6.14 +0.03 +0.44%
1960 6.12

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.