Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2050

Eastern Africa
2050
Total fertility rate: 2.76
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2050 2020, 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

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-5 -1   2050  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa is projected at 2.76 children per woman in 2050 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (138 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.3 years old. In total, 19,347,498 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.76
Births
19,347,498
Births per 1,000 people
22.6
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
855,453,353
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%51,266
15-1962.711.4%2,574,780
20-24132.524.0%5,142,988
25-29138.025.0%4,961,450
30-34113.920.6%3,690,225
35-3971.312.9%2,089,379
40-4427.45.0%727,079
45-494.70.8%106,478
50-540.20.0%3,852