Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Côte d'Ivoire, 1998

Côte d'Ivoire
1998
Total fertility rate: 5.85
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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Côte d'Ivoire was 5.85 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (254 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 736,266 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.85
Births
736,266
Births per 1,000 people
44.2
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.0
Population
16,663,948
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
10-1410.80.9%11,652
15-19136.011.6%127,409
20-24242.220.6%203,986
25-29254.221.6%170,441
30-34227.319.3%119,358
35-39176.815.0%70,614
40-4497.38.3%27,077
45-4929.12.5%5,490
50-541.60.1%236