Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2048

Eastern Africa
2048
Total fertility rate: 2.82
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2048  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa is projected at 2.82 children per woman in 2048 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (141 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.3 years old. In total, 19,214,295 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.82
Births
19,214,295
Births per 1,000 people
23.2
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.33
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
827,873,480
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%53,210
15-1964.511.4%2,601,592
20-24135.824.1%5,146,214
25-29140.624.9%4,895,099
30-34115.920.5%3,612,567
35-3972.912.9%2,073,731
40-4428.55.0%722,150
45-494.90.9%105,888
50-540.20.0%3,838