Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2009

Eastern Africa
2009
Total fertility rate: 5.32
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa was 5.32 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (238 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 13,230,923 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.32
Births
13,230,923
Births per 1,000 people
39.4
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
335,536,808
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
10-145.10.5%109,633
15-19117.711.1%2,153,634
20-24238.022.3%3,700,174
25-29238.122.4%3,085,917
30-34206.819.4%2,184,025
35-39155.114.6%1,318,156
40-4480.27.5%545,968
45-4923.02.2%127,348
50-541.40.1%6,075