Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Burkina Faso, 1963

Burkina Faso
1963
Total fertility rate: 6.36
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1963  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Burkina Faso was 6.36 children per woman in 1963 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (282 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 233,745 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.36
Births
233,745
Births per 1,000 people
46.8
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
4,993,624
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
10-148.40.7%2,256
15-19139.411.0%35,851
20-24281.922.2%62,347
25-29275.721.7%51,242
30-34249.919.6%39,910
35-39185.414.6%26,229
40-44100.77.9%12,568
45-4929.32.3%3,177
50-541.80.1%162