Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2035

Eastern Africa
2035
Total fertility rate: 3.35
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2035 2005, 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   2035  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa is projected at 3.35 children per woman in 2035 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (162 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 17,876,982 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.35
Births
17,876,982
Births per 1,000 people
27.6
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.55
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
647,043,812
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
10-141.70.3%64,282
15-1977.611.6%2,598,771
20-24161.324.1%4,928,482
25-29161.624.1%4,500,500
30-34133.920.0%3,236,717
35-3988.913.3%1,806,999
40-4437.65.6%635,005
45-497.31.1%102,305
50-540.30.1%3,922