Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2012

Eastern Africa
2012
Total fertility rate: 4.96
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa was 4.96 children per woman in 2012 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (225 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 13,596,036 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.96
Births
13,596,036
Births per 1,000 people
37.3
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
364,896,604
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
10-144.10.4%96,009
15-19111.811.3%2,235,895
20-24225.422.7%3,816,815
25-29224.022.6%3,183,305
30-34192.619.4%2,263,181
35-39140.414.2%1,324,049
40-4472.27.3%547,904
45-4920.32.0%123,047
50-541.20.1%5,837