Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Kenya, 1995

Kenya
1995
Total fertility rate: 5.37
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1995  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Kenya was 5.37 children per woman in 1995 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (264 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 1,086,164 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.37
Births
1,086,164
Births per 1,000 people
40.8
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.8
Population
26,601,751
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
10-146.20.6%11,337
15-19120.011.1%184,034
20-24264.324.5%337,996
25-29250.423.2%263,296
30-34204.419.0%168,275
35-39139.613.0%84,525
40-4473.66.8%30,723
45-4917.61.6%5,707
50-541.00.1%271