Fertility in Mali, 2009

Mali
2009
Total fertility rate: 6.59
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Mali was 6.59 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (281 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 725,696 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.59
Births
725,696
Births per 1,000 people
47.0
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.56
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
15,435,538
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
10-1415.01.1%14,075
15-19167.712.7%135,207
20-24270.920.5%189,730
25-29281.121.3%166,682
30-34251.819.1%117,926
35-39192.514.6%67,088
40-44105.48.0%27,508
45-4934.32.6%7,115
50-542.10.2%369