Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2038

Eastern Africa
2038
Total fertility rate: 3.20
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2038  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa is projected at 3.20 children per woman in 2038 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (155 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 18,224,322 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.20
Births
18,224,322
Births per 1,000 people
26.5
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.49
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
688,562,541
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
10-141.60.3%61,956
15-1974.311.6%2,634,358
20-24154.624.1%4,949,054
25-29155.524.3%4,562,121
30-34128.520.1%3,371,575
35-3984.313.2%1,885,736
40-4435.15.5%654,142
45-496.61.0%101,532
50-540.30.0%3,841