Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2023

Eastern Africa
2023
Total fertility rate: 4.11
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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   2023  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa was 4.11 children per woman in 2023 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (193 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 15,929,333 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.11
Births
15,929,333
Births per 1,000 people
32.7
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
487,857,331
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%76,941
15-1992.611.3%2,524,084
20-24193.023.5%4,539,226
25-29193.523.5%3,826,101
30-34162.519.8%2,688,559
35-39114.013.8%1,568,604
40-4452.36.4%593,720
45-4911.91.4%107,813
50-540.60.1%4,295