Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 1958

Eastern Africa
1958
Total fertility rate: 6.82
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa was 6.82 children per woman in 1958 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (294 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 3,875,049 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.82
Births
3,875,049
Births per 1,000 people
49.1
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
78,944,340
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
10-1416.81.2%78,535
15-19144.910.6%568,791
20-24275.420.2%948,511
25-29294.021.6%883,616
30-34264.419.4%674,985
35-39208.215.3%446,997
40-44122.29.0%218,151
45-4935.82.6%52,762
50-542.20.2%2,715