Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Kenya, 1998

Kenya
1998
Total fertility rate: 5.24
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Kenya was 5.24 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (254 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 1,173,344 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.24
Births
1,173,344
Births per 1,000 people
40.6
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.8
Population
28,888,057
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
10-147.00.7%14,060
15-19122.211.6%206,541
20-24253.924.2%351,850
25-29243.323.2%278,655
30-34199.619.0%184,058
35-39139.213.2%97,626
40-4470.66.7%35,327
45-4914.31.4%5,025
50-540.70.1%201