Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2081

Eastern Africa
2081
Total fertility rate: 2.18
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2081  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa is projected at 2.18 children per woman in 2081 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (117 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 19,743,450 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.18
Births
19,743,450
Births per 1,000 people
16.0
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
1,233,975,975
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
10-140.50.1%23,457
15-1939.29.0%1,867,709
20-2494.721.7%4,451,057
25-29117.426.9%5,393,055
30-34102.223.4%4,545,354
35-3959.413.6%2,544,578
40-4419.84.5%810,811
45-492.70.6%104,071
50-540.10.0%3,355