Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2037

Eastern Africa
2037
Total fertility rate: 3.25
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2037  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa is projected at 3.25 children per woman in 2037 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (157 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 18,101,289 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.25
Births
18,101,289
Births per 1,000 people
26.8
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.51
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
674,690,691
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%62,716
15-1975.311.6%2,622,579
20-24156.724.1%4,932,720
25-29157.324.2%4,543,401
30-34130.120.0%3,329,332
35-3985.713.2%1,857,653
40-4435.95.5%647,637
45-496.81.0%101,368
50-540.30.0%3,869