Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2040

Eastern Africa
2040
Total fertility rate: 3.11
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2040 2010, 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

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-5 -1   2040  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa is projected at 3.11 children per woman in 2040 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (152 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 18,452,799 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.11
Births
18,452,799
Births per 1,000 people
25.8
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.45
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
716,407,517
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
10-141.50.2%60,444
15-1972.311.6%2,643,899
20-24150.524.1%5,003,798
25-29152.124.4%4,592,058
30-34125.320.1%3,436,203
35-3981.713.1%1,942,218
40-4433.55.4%668,228
45-496.21.0%102,153
50-540.30.0%3,786