Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2039

Eastern Africa
2039
Total fertility rate: 3.15
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2039  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa is projected at 3.15 children per woman in 2039 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (154 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 18,337,257 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.15
Births
18,337,257
Births per 1,000 people
26.1
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.47
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
702,459,150
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%61,214
15-1973.311.6%2,640,872
20-24152.524.1%4,972,388
25-29153.724.3%4,576,256
30-34126.820.1%3,406,571
35-3982.913.1%1,913,407
40-4434.35.4%660,971
45-496.41.0%101,750
50-540.30.0%3,822