Fertility in Mali, 2001

Mali
2001
Total fertility rate: 6.85
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mali was 6.85 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (282 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 561,537 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.85
Births
561,537
Births per 1,000 people
47.1
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.47
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
11,912,158
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
10-1415.51.1%11,930
15-19170.412.4%114,301
20-24279.420.4%154,740
25-29282.120.6%118,497
30-34263.119.2%82,074
35-39211.515.4%50,987
40-44113.88.3%22,835
45-4933.32.4%5,875
50-542.00.1%302