Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Kenya, 1973

Kenya
1973
Total fertility rate: 7.86
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Kenya was 7.86 children per woman in 1973 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (323 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 641,917 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.86
Births
641,917
Births per 1,000 people
50.8
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.8%
Net reproduction rate
3.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.0
Population
12,634,835
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
10-1415.31.0%13,209
15-19172.611.0%114,058
20-24320.020.4%156,469
25-29323.520.6%128,184
30-34293.218.7%103,288
35-39243.915.5%78,096
40-44157.010.0%40,369
45-4942.12.7%7,882
50-542.50.2%360