Fertility in Uganda, 2005

Uganda
2005
Total fertility rate: 6.53
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Uganda was 6.53 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (292 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 1,281,635 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.53
Births
1,281,635
Births per 1,000 people
45.8
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.65
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.8
Population
27,963,289
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
10-147.60.6%14,868
15-19147.611.3%235,522
20-24292.422.4%358,702
25-29290.522.3%284,243
30-34249.419.1%202,240
35-39190.414.6%124,802
40-4499.87.6%50,554
45-4925.82.0%10,258
50-541.40.1%446