Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2073

Eastern Africa
2073
Total fertility rate: 2.28
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2073  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa is projected at 2.28 children per woman in 2073 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (121 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.6 years old. In total, 19,936,945 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.28
Births
19,936,945
Births per 1,000 people
17.3
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
1,149,677,600
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
10-140.60.1%29,906
15-1944.99.8%2,100,777
20-24103.122.6%4,721,910
25-29120.726.4%5,349,137
30-34102.822.5%4,365,888
35-3960.713.3%2,455,206
40-4421.04.6%802,954
45-493.00.7%107,557
50-540.10.0%3,625