Fertility in Burkina Faso, 2000

Burkina Faso
2000
Total fertility rate: 6.52
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Burkina Faso was 6.52 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (286 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 539,498 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.52
Births
539,498
Births per 1,000 people
45.2
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.36
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
11,925,546
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
10-145.80.4%4,470
15-19132.810.2%88,453
20-24269.420.7%145,169
25-29285.821.9%120,101
30-34258.219.8%89,232
35-39201.715.5%58,014
40-44115.68.9%27,456
45-4932.82.5%6,314
50-541.80.1%292