Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2046

Eastern Africa
2046
Total fertility rate: 2.89
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2046  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa is projected at 2.89 children per woman in 2046 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (143 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.3 years old. In total, 19,050,672 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.89
Births
19,050,672
Births per 1,000 people
23.8
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.35
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
800,055,374
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
10-141.30.2%55,151
15-1966.311.5%2,620,836
20-24139.224.1%5,136,303
25-29143.224.8%4,804,526
30-34117.820.4%3,556,432
35-3974.712.9%2,055,697
40-4429.65.1%712,612
45-495.20.9%105,288
50-540.20.0%3,822