Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2049

Eastern Africa
2049
Total fertility rate: 2.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2049  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa is projected at 2.79 children per woman in 2049 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (139 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.3 years old. In total, 19,279,480 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.79
Births
19,279,480
Births per 1,000 people
22.9
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
841,703,502
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
10-141.20.2%52,252
15-1963.511.4%2,588,057
20-24134.124.0%5,144,903
25-29139.225.0%4,930,156
30-34114.920.6%3,648,471
35-3972.012.9%2,080,926
40-4427.95.0%724,768
45-494.80.9%106,103
50-540.20.0%3,846