Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Burkina Faso, 1998

Burkina Faso
1998
Total fertility rate: 6.66
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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Burkina Faso was 6.66 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (289 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 512,302 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.66
Births
512,302
Births per 1,000 people
45.6
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.38
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
11,240,664
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
10-145.50.4%4,098
15-19135.010.1%84,078
20-24276.620.8%136,141
25-29288.821.7%112,980
30-34262.219.7%85,372
35-39211.015.8%57,153
40-44119.08.9%26,440
45-4932.32.4%5,759
50-541.70.1%281