Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mali, 1956

Mali
1956
Total fertility rate: 6.97
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 Mali was 6.97 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (306 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 260,234 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.97
Births
260,234
Births per 1,000 people
50.9
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.58
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
5,111,976
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
10-1417.01.2%4,881
15-19205.014.7%49,378
20-24306.222.0%63,188
25-29286.320.6%52,924
30-34264.119.0%44,156
35-39191.213.7%29,752
40-4487.46.3%11,995
45-4932.02.3%3,767
50-542.00.1%192