Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Eastern Africa, 2085

Eastern Africa
2085
Total fertility rate: 2.14
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2085  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eastern Africa is projected at 2.14 children per woman in 2085 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (116 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 19,619,121 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.14
Births
19,619,121
Births per 1,000 people
15.4
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
1,271,396,025
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
10-140.40.1%20,535
15-1936.68.5%1,745,156
20-2490.821.2%4,299,750
25-29116.327.2%5,406,705
30-34102.524.0%4,635,066
35-3959.213.8%2,591,152
40-4419.44.5%815,577
45-492.50.6%101,999
50-540.10.0%3,178