Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Burkina Faso, 2007

Burkina Faso
2007
Total fertility rate: 6.11
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2007  +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 6.11 children per woman in 2007 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (268 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 654,744 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.11
Births
654,744
Births per 1,000 people
44.2
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.35
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
14,816,306
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
10-145.00.4%4,603
15-19128.110.5%102,575
20-24253.720.7%176,739
25-29268.521.9%154,660
30-34245.120.0%109,985
35-39190.115.5%68,372
40-44101.58.3%30,217
45-4929.62.4%7,255
50-541.70.1%339