Fertility in Kenya (1950–2100)

Kenya
2026
Total fertility rate: 3.07
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

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Kenya is projected at 3.07 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (168 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.2 years old. In total, 1,558,303 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.07
Births
1,558,303
Births per 1,000 people
26.6
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.41
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.1
Population
58,636,412
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%2,020
15-1951.38.3%172,509
20-24167.827.2%499,484
25-29164.226.6%418,304
30-34130.821.2%283,518
35-3976.412.4%144,965
40-4421.83.5%33,640
45-493.00.5%3,720
50-540.10.0%141