Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 1988

Eastern Africa
1988
Total fertility rate: 6.72
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1988  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa was 6.72 children per woman in 1988 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (285 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 8,771,241 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.72
Births
8,771,241
Births per 1,000 people
47.2
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.32
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
185,752,457
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
10-1411.00.8%131,160
15-19144.610.8%1,438,427
20-24278.220.7%2,281,487
25-29285.521.2%1,946,148
30-34257.519.1%1,455,301
35-39207.315.4%956,590
40-44122.79.1%450,676
45-4936.02.7%106,051
50-542.20.2%5,375