Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Kenya, 1983

Kenya
1983
Total fertility rate: 7.22
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Year

-5 -1   1983  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Kenya was 7.22 children per woman in 1983 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (315 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 845,129 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.22
Births
845,129
Births per 1,000 people
47.4
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.1%
Net reproduction rate
3.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.6
Population
17,846,374
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
10-1411.40.8%14,391
15-19146.610.2%153,263
20-24315.021.8%255,931
25-29309.321.5%182,153
30-34278.919.3%116,696
35-39215.514.9%73,064
40-44125.78.7%38,620
45-4936.92.6%10,471
50-542.40.2%541