Fertility in Eastern Africa, 1980

Eastern Africa
1980
Total fertility rate: 7.10
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa was 7.10 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (297 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 7,203,933 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.10
Births
7,203,933
Births per 1,000 people
49.3
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.47
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
146,269,641
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
10-1413.61.0%125,377
15-19157.311.1%1,210,803
20-24286.020.2%1,850,777
25-29297.020.9%1,590,017
30-34271.419.1%1,175,875
35-39222.115.7%769,679
40-44132.99.4%386,072
45-4936.62.6%90,818
50-542.20.2%4,527