Fertility in Mali, 2017

Mali
2017
Total fertility rate: 6.25
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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 6.25 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (271 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 860,760 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.25
Births
860,760
Births per 1,000 people
43.4
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.55
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
19,813,011
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
10-148.00.6%10,335
15-19154.912.4%159,979
20-24270.821.7%223,855
25-29265.721.2%185,433
30-34245.719.6%146,883
35-39179.414.3%89,501
40-4492.67.4%35,441
45-4931.52.5%8,920
50-541.90.2%417