Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 1993

Eastern Africa
1993
Total fertility rate: 6.38
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1993  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa was 6.38 children per woman in 1993 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (275 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 9,713,432 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.38
Births
9,713,432
Births per 1,000 people
45.5
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
213,614,884
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
10-149.40.7%129,853
15-19139.310.9%1,616,940
20-24267.120.9%2,580,900
25-29274.521.5%2,161,920
30-34246.619.3%1,600,439
35-39191.515.0%1,020,844
40-44112.28.8%483,337
45-4933.32.6%113,786
50-542.00.2%5,415