Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2031

Eastern Africa
2031
Total fertility rate: 3.57
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2031  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa is projected at 3.57 children per woman in 2031 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (171 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.5 years old. In total, 17,369,265 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.57
Births
17,369,265
Births per 1,000 people
29.3
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.64
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
592,597,704
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
10-141.90.3%66,845
15-1983.011.6%2,589,986
20-24170.823.9%4,911,081
25-29170.823.9%4,325,921
30-34142.119.9%3,037,388
35-3996.013.4%1,712,205
40-4441.65.8%617,671
45-498.51.2%104,094
50-540.40.1%4,069