Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Uganda, 2002

Uganda
2002
Total fertility rate: 6.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Uganda was 6.74 children per woman in 2002 — 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 29.0 years old. In total, 1,211,424 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.74
Births
1,211,424
Births per 1,000 people
47.4
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.62
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.0
Population
25,532,870
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
10-1410.90.8%19,240
15-19159.611.8%223,607
20-24300.322.3%333,489
25-29292.421.7%267,669
30-34255.819.0%193,768
35-39194.914.5%115,410
40-44103.07.6%47,518
45-4928.12.1%10,251
50-541.70.1%467