Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mali, 1979

Mali
1979
Total fertility rate: 7.35
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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mali was 7.35 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (310 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 373,643 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.35
Births
373,643
Births per 1,000 people
50.7
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
7,375,266
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
10-1417.11.2%7,261
15-19179.812.2%65,467
20-24302.020.6%93,021
25-29309.521.1%80,261
30-34273.118.6%59,889
35-39224.715.3%43,486
40-44129.18.8%19,666
45-4932.12.2%4,372
50-541.80.1%217