Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Uganda, 1997

Uganda
1997
Total fertility rate: 6.86
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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Uganda was 6.86 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (301 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 1,083,869 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.86
Births
1,083,869
Births per 1,000 people
49.6
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.52
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
21,856,046
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
10-1412.90.9%18,523
15-19183.113.3%213,518
20-24301.121.9%296,361
25-29293.821.4%242,049
30-34254.418.5%164,857
35-39192.614.0%97,700
40-44101.27.4%40,695
45-4931.42.3%9,778
50-541.90.1%387