Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Gabon, 1993

Gabon
1993
Total fertility rate: 5.19
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1993  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Gabon was 5.19 children per woman in 1993 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (218 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 38,705 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.19
Births
38,705
Births per 1,000 people
36.3
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.23
Boys per 100 girls at birth
101.6
Population
1,066,405
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
10-1413.11.3%840
15-19148.314.3%7,863
20-24217.821.0%9,591
25-29215.320.8%7,973
30-34199.919.3%6,310
35-39152.814.7%4,103
40-4473.97.1%1,721
45-4914.71.4%291
50-540.60.1%11