Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Burkina Faso, 2002

Burkina Faso
2002
Total fertility rate: 6.34
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Burkina Faso was 6.34 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (277 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 564,087 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.34
Births
564,087
Births per 1,000 people
44.5
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.32
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
12,680,896
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
10-145.60.4%4,588
15-19124.89.8%88,477
20-24264.220.8%155,114
25-29277.021.8%126,877
30-34253.820.0%93,417
35-39197.315.6%60,393
40-44111.38.8%28,225
45-4932.32.5%6,679
50-541.90.2%316