Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2010

Eastern Africa
2010
Total fertility rate: 5.21
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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 5.21 children per woman in 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (235 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 13,394,702 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.21
Births
13,394,702
Births per 1,000 people
38.8
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
345,279,105
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
10-144.90.5%107,658
15-19116.511.2%2,194,647
20-24234.822.5%3,757,766
25-29233.722.4%3,121,213
30-34202.219.4%2,214,675
35-39150.214.4%1,320,820
40-4477.37.4%545,747
45-4922.22.1%126,113
50-541.30.1%6,049