Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Burundi, 1997

Burundi
1997
Total fertility rate: 7.04
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Burundi was 7.04 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (317 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.1 years old. In total, 256,381 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.04
Births
256,381
Births per 1,000 people
42.2
Mean age of mothers
31.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.39
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.2
Population
6,070,042
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
10-142.90.2%1,280
15-1975.25.4%27,211
20-24251.117.9%64,477
25-29316.722.6%61,800
30-34305.221.7%45,897
35-39256.218.2%33,372
40-44153.410.9%18,201
45-4941.42.9%3,969
50-542.30.2%175