Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2013

Eastern Africa
2013
Total fertility rate: 4.84
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2013 1983, 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 4.84 children per woman in 2013 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (221 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 13,726,266 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.84
Births
13,726,266
Births per 1,000 people
36.6
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
375,113,457
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
10-143.80.4%90,796
15-19109.211.3%2,249,498
20-24221.522.8%3,861,810
25-29220.222.7%3,227,257
30-34188.919.5%2,291,517
35-39136.214.0%1,332,353
40-4469.37.1%545,059
45-4919.52.0%122,202
50-541.10.1%5,775