Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2022

Eastern Africa
2022
Total fertility rate: 4.19
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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

Year

-5 -1   2022  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa was 4.19 children per woman in 2022 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (197 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 15,735,848 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.19
Births
15,735,848
Births per 1,000 people
33.1
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
475,299,910
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%75,671
15-1993.911.2%2,498,372
20-24196.323.4%4,478,656
25-29197.023.5%3,775,126
30-34165.719.8%2,654,434
35-39116.513.9%1,549,733
40-4453.96.4%591,442
45-4912.41.5%108,047
50-540.60.1%4,360