Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2020

Eastern Africa
2020
Total fertility rate: 4.34
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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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-5 -1   2020  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa was 4.34 children per woman in 2020 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (203 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 15,279,409 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.34
Births
15,279,409
Births per 1,000 people
33.9
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
451,202,854
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%73,484
15-1996.511.1%2,436,324
20-24202.323.3%4,337,253
25-29203.223.4%3,647,769
30-34171.819.8%2,585,484
35-39120.813.9%1,502,722
40-4457.36.6%582,524
45-4913.51.6%109,330
50-540.70.1%4,520