Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2021

Eastern Africa
2021
Total fertility rate: 4.26
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa was 4.26 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (200 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 15,520,804 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.26
Births
15,520,804
Births per 1,000 people
33.5
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
463,258,724
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%74,427
15-1995.211.2%2,471,350
20-24199.223.3%4,410,170
25-29200.123.4%3,714,815
30-34168.719.8%2,621,417
35-39118.713.9%1,527,657
40-4455.66.5%588,136
45-4912.91.5%108,423
50-540.70.1%4,423