Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Burundi, 1998

Burundi
1998
Total fertility rate: 6.96
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Burundi was 6.96 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (311 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.1 years old. In total, 256,079 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.96
Births
256,079
Births per 1,000 people
41.4
Mean age of mothers
31.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.40
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.3
Population
6,187,108
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
10-142.80.2%1,280
15-1976.05.5%28,728
20-24248.317.9%65,653
25-29311.222.4%60,966
30-34301.821.8%45,208
35-39252.918.2%32,296
40-44151.210.9%17,707
45-4941.03.0%4,065
50-542.30.2%176