Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 1998

Eastern Africa
1998
Total fertility rate: 6.13
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa was 6.13 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (265 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 10,862,010 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.13
Births
10,862,010
Births per 1,000 people
44.2
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
245,491,764
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
10-148.20.7%129,797
15-19136.611.1%1,842,812
20-24262.121.4%2,939,147
25-29265.121.6%2,438,514
30-34238.019.4%1,764,647
35-39181.514.8%1,105,257
40-44103.08.4%514,395
45-4930.22.5%121,578
50-541.90.2%5,865