Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2044

Eastern Africa
2044
Total fertility rate: 2.96
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2044  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa is projected at 2.96 children per woman in 2044 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (146 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 18,872,131 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.96
Births
18,872,131
Births per 1,000 people
24.4
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.38
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
772,242,397
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%57,027
15-1968.211.5%2,634,125
20-24142.824.1%5,114,984
25-29146.124.7%4,709,563
30-34120.020.3%3,518,602
35-3976.813.0%2,031,865
40-4430.85.2%697,824
45-495.50.9%104,354
50-540.20.0%3,785