Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2014

Eastern Africa
2014
Total fertility rate: 4.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa was 4.74 children per woman in 2014 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (218 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 13,895,489 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.74
Births
13,895,489
Births per 1,000 people
36.1
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
385,230,737
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
10-143.50.4%86,352
15-19108.211.4%2,296,328
20-24217.822.9%3,906,761
25-29216.522.8%3,273,430
30-34185.519.5%2,321,159
35-39132.113.9%1,342,880
40-4466.67.0%542,734
45-4918.51.9%120,271
50-541.10.1%5,576