Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2036

Eastern Africa
2036
Total fertility rate: 3.30
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2036  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa is projected at 3.30 children per woman in 2036 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (159 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 17,993,140 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.30
Births
17,993,140
Births per 1,000 people
27.2
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.53
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
660,855,431
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%63,526
15-1976.511.6%2,611,135
20-24159.024.1%4,928,598
25-29159.424.2%4,524,901
30-34132.020.0%3,285,791
35-3987.313.2%1,832,043
40-4436.75.6%641,498
45-497.01.1%101,742
50-540.30.1%3,903