Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Kenya, 1993

Kenya
1993
Total fertility rate: 5.57
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1993  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Kenya was 5.57 children per woman in 1993 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (267 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 1,040,278 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.57
Births
1,040,278
Births per 1,000 people
41.4
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.29
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.8
Population
25,117,188
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
10-146.40.6%11,089
15-19122.511.0%176,315
20-24266.723.9%322,471
25-29260.123.3%255,168
30-34212.619.1%159,492
35-39147.013.2%79,158
40-4478.57.0%29,815
45-4921.01.9%6,437
50-541.20.1%332