Fertility in Uganda, 2001

Uganda
2001
Total fertility rate: 6.76
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Uganda was 6.76 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (300 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 1,185,690 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.76
Births
1,185,690
Births per 1,000 people
47.9
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.59
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.1
Population
24,745,676
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
10-1412.20.9%20,779
15-19165.012.2%221,670
20-24300.522.2%324,939
25-29290.421.5%261,226
30-34256.219.0%189,028
35-39194.414.4%111,433
40-44102.67.6%46,019
45-4928.52.1%10,131
50-541.80.1%465