Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2024

Eastern Africa
2024
Total fertility rate: 4.04
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2024 1994, 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   2024  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa is projected at 4.04 children per woman in 2024 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (191 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.7 years old. In total, 16,158,655 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.04
Births
16,158,655
Births per 1,000 people
32.3
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
500,703,846
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
10-142.50.3%76,142
15-1991.411.3%2,549,148
20-24190.223.5%4,610,185
25-29190.523.6%3,894,426
30-34159.919.8%2,730,416
35-39111.513.8%1,589,599
40-4450.86.3%596,580
45-4911.41.4%107,916
50-540.60.1%4,255