# Fertility rate: Africa

4.0555434 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 | 4.0555434 |
| 2022 | 4.1089277 |
| 2021 | 4.1632905 |
| 2020 | 4.2252116 |
| 2019 | 4.296659 |
| 2018 | 4.3739967 |
| 2017 | 4.464824 |
| 2016 | 4.529488 |
| 2015 | 4.6089773 |
| 2014 | 4.6693907 |
| 2013 | 4.719344 |
| 2012 | 4.7755494 |
| 2011 | 4.8215 |
| 2010 | 4.867296 |
| 2009 | 4.901526 |
| 2008 | 4.940453 |
| 2007 | 4.958 |
| 2006 | 4.9844913 |
| 2005 | 5.008381 |
| 2004 | 5.024296 |
| 2003 | 5.0463595 |
| 2002 | 5.077554 |
| 2001 | 5.1212306 |
| 2000 | 5.163395 |
| 1999 | 5.2069154 |
| 1998 | 5.251817 |
| 1997 | 5.315155 |
| 1996 | 5.3864217 |
| 1995 | 5.463184 |
| 1994 | 5.526201 |
| 1993 | 5.625158 |
| 1992 | 5.6971273 |
| 1991 | 5.774524 |
| 1990 | 5.8539023 |
| 1989 | 5.9492836 |
| 1988 | 6.0366774 |
| 1987 | 6.1125216 |
| 1986 | 6.1838737 |
| 1985 | 6.256401 |
| 1984 | 6.3252063 |
| 1983 | 6.393361 |
| 1982 | 6.434558 |
| 1981 | 6.4736576 |
| 1980 | 6.515052 |
| 1979 | 6.545587 |
| 1978 | 6.5663705 |
| 1977 | 6.5917606 |
| 1976 | 6.603195 |
| 1975 | 6.6072907 |
| 1974 | 6.609396 |
| 1973 | 6.6099615 |
| 1972 | 6.616913 |
| 1971 | 6.6169066 |
| 1970 | 6.608199 |
| 1969 | 6.605879 |
| 1968 | 6.609567 |
| 1967 | 6.60904 |
| 1966 | 6.60687 |
| 1965 | 6.597559 |
| 1964 | 6.5999 |
| 1963 | 6.596562 |
| 1962 | 6.5883465 |
| 1961 | 6.5730667 |
| 1960 | 6.561704 |
| 1959 | 6.5507164 |
| 1958 | 6.5437264 |
| 1957 | 6.530977 |
| 1956 | 6.5189023 |
| 1955 | 6.50552 |
| 1954 | 6.4931884 |
| 1953 | 6.4829826 |
| 1952 | 6.4636226 |
| 1951 | 6.451228 |
| 1950 | 6.4367776 |

[This page in HTML](/fertility/africa) · [Home](/) · [Method](/method) · [Sources](/sources) · [Terms](/terms)

Requests to this site are logged for research and reported only in aggregate; see the terms.