Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2055

Eastern Africa
2055
Total fertility rate: 2.62
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2055  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa is projected at 2.62 children per woman in 2055 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (133 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.4 years old. In total, 19,644,456 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.62
Births
19,644,456
Births per 1,000 people
21.3
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
923,684,595
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
10-141.00.2%46,337
15-1958.411.1%2,496,573
20-24125.023.8%5,104,660
25-29132.625.3%5,090,333
30-34109.720.9%3,887,419
35-3968.013.0%2,172,485
40-4425.54.9%736,085
45-494.10.8%106,697
50-540.20.0%3,857