Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2016

Eastern Africa
2016
Total fertility rate: 4.59
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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 4.59 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (212 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 14,251,359 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.59
Births
14,251,359
Births per 1,000 people
35.1
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
405,752,450
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
10-143.00.3%77,887
15-19102.811.2%2,308,753
20-24212.423.1%4,027,844
25-29212.123.1%3,384,805
30-34180.519.7%2,393,632
35-39127.613.9%1,392,011
40-4462.56.8%545,229
45-4916.61.8%116,041
50-540.90.1%5,154