Fertility in Eastern Africa, 1959

Eastern Africa
1959
Total fertility rate: 6.84
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa was 6.84 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (295 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 3,976,560 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.84
Births
3,976,560
Births per 1,000 people
49.2
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
80,878,487
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
10-1417.11.2%81,796
15-19145.810.6%585,848
20-24276.620.2%970,902
25-29294.921.5%904,577
30-34265.319.4%693,678
35-39209.015.3%458,986
40-44122.58.9%223,876
45-4935.92.6%54,099
50-542.30.2%2,786