Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 1989

Eastern Africa
1989
Total fertility rate: 6.65
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1989  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa was 6.65 children per woman in 1989 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (283 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 8,950,604 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.65
Births
8,950,604
Births per 1,000 people
46.9
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.37
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
190,992,441
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
10-1410.60.8%129,524
15-19143.510.8%1,470,195
20-24276.020.7%2,340,479
25-29283.421.3%1,984,925
30-34254.619.1%1,479,763
35-39204.615.4%974,117
40-44120.89.1%458,789
45-4935.62.7%107,432
50-542.10.2%5,376