Fertility in Eritrea, 2026

Eritrea
2026
Total fertility rate: 3.55
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Eritrea is projected at 3.55 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (175 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.1 years old. In total, 105,398 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.55
Births
105,398
Births per 1,000 people
28.6
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.65
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
3,682,669
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
10-141.30.2%273
15-1963.28.9%13,590
20-24163.122.9%31,616
25-29174.724.5%27,742
30-34155.721.9%18,635
35-39103.714.6%9,756
40-4442.46.0%3,205
45-497.71.1%557
50-540.40.1%23