Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 1994

Eastern Africa
1994
Total fertility rate: 6.31
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1994  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa was 6.31 children per woman in 1994 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (273 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 9,884,134 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.31
Births
9,884,134
Births per 1,000 people
45.1
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
218,947,071
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
10-149.20.7%129,496
15-19138.511.0%1,658,736
20-24265.821.0%2,636,096
25-29272.821.6%2,206,472
30-34244.019.3%1,616,263
35-39188.414.9%1,029,114
40-44109.88.7%487,266
45-4932.62.6%115,191
50-542.00.2%5,498