Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2042

Eastern Africa
2042
Total fertility rate: 3.03
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa is projected at 3.03 children per woman in 2042 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (149 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 18,674,509 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.03
Births
18,674,509
Births per 1,000 people
25.1
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.42
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
744,304,277
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%58,772
15-1970.211.6%2,642,513
20-24146.624.1%5,070,085
25-29149.024.5%4,636,919
30-34122.420.2%3,482,519
35-3979.213.0%1,993,830
40-4432.15.3%682,757
45-495.91.0%103,356
50-540.30.0%3,736