Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Kenya, 2042

Kenya
2042
Total fertility rate: 2.55
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Kenya is projected at 2.55 children per woman in 2042 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (147 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.2 years old. In total, 1,639,295 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.55
Births
1,639,295
Births per 1,000 people
21.5
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.1
Population
76,161,724
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
10-140.10.0%502
15-1931.26.1%111,956
20-24144.028.2%479,534
25-29146.828.7%472,743
30-34114.322.4%367,120
35-3961.011.9%174,896
40-4412.32.4%30,068
45-491.20.2%2,384
50-540.10.0%89