Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Burkina Faso, 1996

Burkina Faso
1996
Total fertility rate: 6.78
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-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Burkina Faso was 6.78 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (290 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 490,961 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.78
Births
490,961
Births per 1,000 people
46.1
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.40
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
10,655,942
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
10-145.30.4%3,704
15-19135.210.0%78,493
20-24289.221.3%132,019
25-29290.321.4%108,146
30-34265.719.6%82,385
35-39215.115.9%55,251
40-44120.58.9%25,171
45-4931.82.3%5,503
50-541.80.1%291