Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2019

Eastern Africa
2019
Total fertility rate: 4.41
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa was 4.41 children per woman in 2019 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (206 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 15,026,122 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.41
Births
15,026,122
Births per 1,000 people
34.2
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
439,167,066
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
10-142.60.3%73,018
15-1998.311.1%2,409,443
20-24204.923.2%4,251,574
25-29205.823.3%3,579,604
30-34174.519.8%2,541,483
35-39123.013.9%1,479,748
40-4459.06.7%576,589
45-4914.11.6%110,063
50-540.70.1%4,580