Fertility in Eastern Africa, 1990

Eastern Africa
1990
Total fertility rate: 6.58
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 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   1990  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa was 6.58 children per woman in 1990 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (280 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 9,144,433 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.58
Births
9,144,433
Births per 1,000 people
46.5
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.34
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
196,546,835
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
10-1410.40.8%131,226
15-19145.011.0%1,530,733
20-24273.820.8%2,400,688
25-29280.521.3%2,019,545
30-34251.019.1%1,501,095
35-39200.415.2%983,394
40-44118.09.0%463,731
45-4935.02.7%108,678
50-542.10.2%5,335