Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2011

Eastern Africa
2011
Total fertility rate: 5.08
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa was 5.08 children per woman in 2011 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (230 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 13,511,087 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.08
Births
13,511,087
Births per 1,000 people
38.1
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
355,048,722
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
10-144.60.5%104,897
15-19115.311.3%2,239,419
20-24230.322.6%3,791,071
25-29228.222.4%3,144,811
30-34196.819.4%2,235,092
35-39144.814.2%1,319,026
40-4474.67.3%546,677
45-4921.22.1%124,185
50-541.20.1%5,927