Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2028

Eastern Africa
2028
Total fertility rate: 3.75
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2028  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa is projected at 3.75 children per woman in 2028 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (178 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.6 years old. In total, 16,884,695 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.75
Births
16,884,695
Births per 1,000 people
30.6
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.71
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
552,551,848
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
10-142.20.3%70,351
15-1986.511.5%2,589,424
20-24178.423.7%4,823,792
25-29178.523.7%4,136,753
30-34149.219.8%2,895,874
35-39101.813.5%1,650,383
40-4445.36.0%608,244
45-499.61.3%105,753
50-540.50.1%4,124