Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2006

Eastern Africa
2006
Total fertility rate: 5.59
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa was 5.59 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (246 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 12,652,992 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.59
Births
12,652,992
Births per 1,000 people
41.1
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
307,805,762
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
10-146.00.5%117,126
15-19127.311.4%2,143,029
20-24245.922.0%3,498,213
25-29245.521.9%2,900,608
30-34216.919.4%2,064,450
35-39163.214.6%1,255,089
40-4487.57.8%540,642
45-4925.22.2%127,779
50-541.50.1%6,050