Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2030

Eastern Africa
2030
Total fertility rate: 3.63
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2030 2000, 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   2030  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa is projected at 3.63 children per woman in 2030 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (173 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.5 years old. In total, 17,213,311 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.63
Births
17,213,311
Births per 1,000 people
29.7
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
579,140,210
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
10-142.00.3%67,644
15-1984.111.6%2,590,630
20-24173.223.8%4,890,616
25-29173.223.8%4,263,428
30-34144.319.9%2,989,180
35-3997.813.5%1,688,323
40-4442.75.9%614,944
45-498.91.2%104,439
50-540.40.1%4,098