Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Kenya, 2006

Kenya
2006
Total fertility rate: 4.75
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Kenya was 4.75 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (234 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 1,420,499 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.75
Births
1,420,499
Births per 1,000 people
38.5
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.9
Population
36,904,008
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
10-145.30.6%12,338
15-19112.811.8%241,005
20-24234.024.5%432,661
25-29219.823.0%332,377
30-34186.819.6%228,155
35-39123.412.9%121,886
40-4458.46.1%44,836
45-4912.41.3%6,984
50-540.70.1%255