Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2045

Eastern Africa
2045
Total fertility rate: 2.92
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2045 2015, 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

Year

-5 -1   2045  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa is projected at 2.92 children per woman in 2045 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (145 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 18,948,049 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.92
Births
18,948,049
Births per 1,000 people
24.1
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.37
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
786,169,372
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%56,085
15-1967.211.5%2,625,205
20-24140.924.1%5,123,935
25-29144.524.7%4,752,450
30-34118.820.3%3,533,538
35-3975.713.0%2,043,435
40-4430.25.2%704,881
45-495.40.9%104,733
50-540.20.0%3,796