Fertility in Eastern Africa, 1950

Eastern Africa
1950
Total fertility rate: 6.69
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1950
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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa was 6.69 children per woman in 1950 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (290 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 3,174,030 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.69
Births
3,174,030
Births per 1,000 people
48.3
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
65,735,637
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
10-1416.51.2%63,129
15-19141.410.6%472,610
20-24269.320.1%780,587
25-29289.921.7%719,491
30-34259.819.4%549,573
35-39204.815.3%365,030
40-44119.18.9%177,699
45-4935.42.6%43,651
50-542.30.2%2,246