Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mali, 1998

Mali
1998
Total fertility rate: 6.94
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mali was 6.94 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (288 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 506,629 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.94
Births
506,629
Births per 1,000 people
46.4
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.43
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
10,919,573
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
10-1414.81.1%10,685
15-19171.812.4%106,323
20-24278.620.1%135,805
25-29287.920.8%104,583
30-34269.519.4%74,032
35-39210.915.2%46,805
40-44116.78.4%22,301
45-4934.52.5%5,795
50-542.00.1%300