Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2001

Eastern Africa
2001
Total fertility rate: 5.93
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa was 5.93 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (257 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 11,526,209 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.93
Births
11,526,209
Births per 1,000 people
43.2
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.25
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
266,816,019
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
10-147.80.7%133,524
15-19136.811.5%2,002,226
20-24255.321.5%3,144,857
25-29256.521.6%2,577,336
30-34229.119.3%1,868,920
35-39172.714.6%1,134,984
40-4498.58.3%533,815
45-4928.32.4%124,677
50-541.70.1%5,880