Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2008

Eastern Africa
2008
Total fertility rate: 5.41
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2008  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa was 5.41 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (240 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 13,045,996 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.41
Births
13,045,996
Births per 1,000 people
40.0
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
326,083,149
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
10-145.60.5%116,267
15-19121.611.2%2,162,282
20-24240.322.2%3,626,385
25-29240.322.2%3,021,671
30-34210.519.4%2,143,273
35-39158.214.6%1,300,134
40-4482.67.6%542,808
45-4923.72.2%127,165
50-541.40.1%6,006