Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2053

Eastern Africa
2053
Total fertility rate: 2.67
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2053  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa is projected at 2.67 children per woman in 2053 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (135 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 19,541,888 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.67
Births
19,541,888
Births per 1,000 people
21.8
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
896,554,766
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
10-141.10.2%48,314
15-1960.111.2%2,530,151
20-24127.923.9%5,128,967
25-29134.625.2%5,044,366
30-34111.220.8%3,818,099
35-3969.313.0%2,129,390
40-4426.24.9%732,051
45-494.30.8%106,694
50-540.20.0%3,851