Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Kenya, 2028

Kenya
2028
Total fertility rate: 2.99
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2028  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Kenya is projected at 2.99 children per woman in 2028 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (165 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.2 years old. In total, 1,594,190 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.99
Births
1,594,190
Births per 1,000 people
26.2
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.38
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.1
Population
60,860,444
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
10-140.50.1%1,614
15-1948.68.1%165,160
20-24164.627.4%514,271
25-29161.626.9%436,608
30-34128.321.4%293,197
35-3973.712.3%146,304
40-4420.03.3%33,401
45-492.70.4%3,507
50-540.10.0%132