Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2034

Eastern Africa
2034
Total fertility rate: 3.40
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2034  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa is projected at 3.40 children per woman in 2034 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (164 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.5 years old. In total, 17,748,395 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.40
Births
17,748,395
Births per 1,000 people
28.0
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.57
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
633,282,263
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
10-141.80.3%64,980
15-1978.911.6%2,588,862
20-24163.524.0%4,927,201
25-29163.724.1%4,466,527
30-34135.719.9%3,183,943
35-3990.513.3%1,780,723
40-4438.55.7%629,509
45-497.61.1%102,711
50-540.40.1%3,945