Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2029

Eastern Africa
2029
Total fertility rate: 3.69
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2029 1999, 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   2029  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa is projected at 3.69 children per woman in 2029 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (176 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.6 years old. In total, 17,055,047 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.69
Births
17,055,047
Births per 1,000 people
30.1
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.69
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
565,785,409
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
10-142.10.3%68,799
15-1985.311.5%2,591,649
20-24175.823.8%4,862,947
25-29175.823.8%4,200,080
30-34146.719.8%2,941,869
35-3999.813.5%1,668,707
40-4444.05.9%611,881
45-499.21.2%104,990
50-540.50.1%4,115