Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2043

Eastern Africa
2043
Total fertility rate: 2.99
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2043  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa is projected at 2.99 children per woman in 2043 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (148 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 18,775,603 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.99
Births
18,775,603
Births per 1,000 people
24.8
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.40
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
758,269,609
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
10-141.40.2%57,914
15-1969.211.5%2,639,096
20-24144.724.1%5,096,122
25-29147.624.6%4,668,908
30-34121.120.2%3,501,201
35-3978.013.0%2,014,634
40-4431.45.2%690,138
45-495.71.0%103,808
50-540.30.0%3,767