# Fertility rate: Africa (UN)

4.072 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.

Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.

Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/fertility) · [All countries and regions](/fertility).

## Every year

| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2023 | 4.072 |
| 2022 | 4.125 |
| 2021 | 4.179 |
| 2020 | 4.242 |
| 2019 | 4.312 |
| 2018 | 4.391 |
| 2017 | 4.482 |
| 2016 | 4.545 |
| 2015 | 4.625 |
| 2014 | 4.686 |
| 2013 | 4.74 |
| 2012 | 4.796 |
| 2011 | 4.842 |
| 2010 | 4.891 |
| 2009 | 4.927 |
| 2008 | 4.968 |
| 2007 | 4.985 |
| 2006 | 5.013 |
| 2005 | 5.04 |
| 2004 | 5.059 |
| 2003 | 5.082 |
| 2002 | 5.115 |
| 2001 | 5.16 |
| 2000 | 5.203 |
| 1999 | 5.248 |
| 1998 | 5.296 |
| 1997 | 5.353 |
| 1996 | 5.429 |
| 1995 | 5.508 |
| 1994 | 5.589 |
| 1993 | 5.663 |
| 1992 | 5.747 |
| 1991 | 5.827 |
| 1990 | 5.909 |
| 1989 | 6.004 |
| 1988 | 6.092 |
| 1987 | 6.169 |
| 1986 | 6.244 |
| 1985 | 6.322 |
| 1984 | 6.394 |
| 1983 | 6.46 |
| 1982 | 6.509 |
| 1981 | 6.548 |
| 1980 | 6.589 |
| 1979 | 6.62 |
| 1978 | 6.647 |
| 1977 | 6.663 |
| 1976 | 6.676 |
| 1975 | 6.686 |
| 1974 | 6.688 |
| 1973 | 6.689 |
| 1972 | 6.693 |
| 1971 | 6.692 |
| 1970 | 6.688 |
| 1969 | 6.687 |
| 1968 | 6.691 |
| 1967 | 6.691 |
| 1966 | 6.687 |
| 1965 | 6.676 |
| 1964 | 6.68 |
| 1963 | 6.679 |
| 1962 | 6.673 |
| 1961 | 6.658 |
| 1960 | 6.645 |
| 1959 | 6.631 |
| 1958 | 6.617 |
| 1957 | 6.606 |
| 1956 | 6.594 |
| 1955 | 6.581 |
| 1954 | 6.569 |
| 1953 | 6.558 |
| 1952 | 6.541 |
| 1951 | 6.53 |
| 1950 | 6.516 |

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