Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Guinea, 1956

Guinea
1956
Total fertility rate: 6.05
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Guinea was 6.05 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (262 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 151,626 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.05
Births
151,626
Births per 1,000 people
45.6
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.62
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
3,322,500
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
10-1422.21.8%3,913
15-19168.913.9%26,624
20-24262.421.7%37,354
25-29260.121.5%33,279
30-34222.918.4%25,283
35-39165.113.6%16,315
40-4477.06.4%6,555
45-4930.82.5%2,179
50-542.10.2%125