Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Burkina Faso, 1976

Burkina Faso
1976
Total fertility rate: 6.95
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1976  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Burkina Faso was 6.95 children per woman in 1976 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (302 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 303,669 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.95
Births
303,669
Births per 1,000 people
48.4
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
6,280,635
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
10-147.70.6%2,864
15-19146.010.5%46,506
20-24302.021.7%79,078
25-29296.521.3%64,189
30-34275.119.8%54,964
35-39212.415.3%35,352
40-44118.38.5%16,777
45-4929.92.2%3,752
50-541.70.1%184