Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2007

Eastern Africa
2007
Total fertility rate: 5.50
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa was 5.50 children per woman in 2007 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (243 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 12,845,683 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.50
Births
12,845,683
Births per 1,000 people
40.5
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.25
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
316,808,544
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
10-145.70.5%116,357
15-19124.511.3%2,151,844
20-24243.122.1%3,561,140
25-29242.622.0%2,959,854
30-34213.819.4%2,103,250
35-39160.814.6%1,278,463
40-4485.17.7%541,207
45-4924.42.2%127,555
50-541.40.1%6,014