Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mali, 1997

Mali
1997
Total fertility rate: 6.97
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mali was 6.97 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (292 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 490,696 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.97
Births
490,696
Births per 1,000 people
46.1
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.42
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
10,646,495
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
10-1415.11.1%10,634
15-19165.811.9%99,645
20-24276.819.9%129,857
25-29291.921.0%102,156
30-34272.619.6%72,769
35-39215.315.5%47,048
40-44118.38.5%22,426
45-4935.22.5%5,847
50-542.00.1%311