Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Eastern Africa

Total fertility rate in Eastern Africa in 2024 — 4.06 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 41.1%.

2024 4.06 births −1.72% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 7.16 births1977
Period minimum 4.06 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Eastern Africa, 1960–20244567819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.89 births1962: 6.94 births1964: 6.99 births1966: 7.04 births1968: 7.07 births1970: 7.09 births1972: 7.12 births1974: 7.15 births1976: 7.16 births1978: 7.16 births1980: 7.13 births1982: 7.07 births1984: 6.98 births1986: 6.86 births1988: 6.74 births1990: 6.59 births1992: 6.45 births1994: 6.33 births1996: 6.24 births1998: 6.16 births2000: 6.03 births2002: 5.91 births2004: 5.79 births2006: 5.64 births2008: 5.46 births2010: 5.25 births2012: 4.99 births2014: 4.77 births2016: 4.61 births2018: 4.49 births2020: 4.36 births2022: 4.21 births2024: 4.06 births
Change over the period: −2.83 (−41.09%) Average annual rate: -0.82 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Africa

Eastern Africa 4.06 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 4.06 −0.07 −1.72%
2023 4.13 −0.08 −1.86%
2022 4.21 −0.08 −1.77%
2021 4.28 −0.08 −1.73%
2020 4.36 −0.07 −1.61%
2019 4.43 −0.06 −1.33%
2018 4.49 −0.06 −1.25%
2017 4.55 −0.07 −1.45%
2016 4.61 −0.07 −1.47%
2015 4.68 −0.09 −1.91%
2014 4.77 −0.1 −2.05%
2013 4.87 −0.11 −2.27%
2012 4.99 −0.13 −2.46%
2011 5.11 −0.14 −2.59%
2010 5.25 −0.11 −2.14%
2009 5.36 −0.1 −1.74%
2008 5.46 −0.09 −1.62%
2007 5.55 −0.09 −1.57%
2006 5.64 −0.09 −1.5%
2005 5.72 −0.07 −1.17%
2004 5.79 −0.06 −0.99%
2003 5.85 −0.06 −1.09%
2002 5.91 −0.06 −1.04%
2001 5.98 −0.06 −0.99%
2000 6.03 −0.07 −1.08%
1999 6.1 −0.06 −0.99%
1998 6.16 −0.04 −0.68%
1997 6.2 −0.03 −0.5%
1996 6.24 −0.04 −0.67%
1995 6.28 −0.05 −0.82%
1994 6.33 −0.06 −0.88%
1993 6.39 −0.07 −1.02%
1992 6.45 −0.07 −1.03%
1991 6.52 −0.07 −1.12%
1990 6.59 −0.07 −1.12%
1989 6.67 −0.07 −1.06%
1988 6.74 −0.06 −0.93%
1987 6.8 −0.06 −0.86%
1986 6.86 −0.06 −0.84%
1985 6.92 −0.06 −0.83%
1984 6.98 −0.05 −0.73%
1983 7.03 −0.04 −0.58%
1982 7.07 −0.03 −0.46%
1981 7.1 −0.03 −0.35%
1980 7.13 −0.02 −0.23%
1979 7.14 −0.02 −0.21%
1978 7.16 −0 −0.03%
1977 7.16 +0 +0.01%
1976 7.16 +0 +0.03%
1975 7.16 +0.01 +0.11%
1974 7.15 +0.02 +0.23%
1973 7.13 +0.01 +0.18%
1972 7.12 +0.01 +0.18%
1971 7.11 +0.02 +0.21%
1970 7.09 +0.02 +0.34%
1969 7.07 +0 +0.07%
1968 7.07 +0.01 +0.21%
1967 7.05 +0.01 +0.19%
1966 7.04 +0.03 +0.4%
1965 7.01 +0.02 +0.28%
1964 6.99 +0.02 +0.31%
1963 6.97 +0.03 +0.39%
1962 6.94 +0.03 +0.4%
1961 6.91 +0.02 +0.35%
1960 6.89

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.