Fertility in Equatorial Guinea, 2001

Equatorial Guinea
2001
Total fertility rate: 5.78
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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Equatorial Guinea was 5.78 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (253 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 30,313 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.78
Births
30,313
Births per 1,000 people
40.4
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
749,836
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
10-1421.81.9%956
15-19184.015.9%6,217
20-24252.621.9%6,984
25-29237.220.6%6,010
30-34199.017.2%4,761
35-39157.213.6%3,515
40-4481.47.1%1,548
45-4919.41.7%308
50-541.10.1%12