Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Burkina Faso, 2014

Burkina Faso
2014
Total fertility rate: 5.59
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Burkina Faso was 5.59 children per woman in 2014 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (250 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 744,883 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.59
Births
744,883
Births per 1,000 people
40.9
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
18,229,461
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
10-144.90.4%5,481
15-19122.210.9%116,554
20-24245.321.9%199,083
25-29250.222.3%175,967
30-34222.119.8%131,292
35-39164.014.6%77,251
40-4486.27.7%31,740
45-4923.72.1%7,182
50-541.30.1%334