Fertility in Mali, 2018

Mali
2018
Total fertility rate: 6.12
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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 6.12 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (267 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 870,518 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.12
Births
870,518
Births per 1,000 people
42.6
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.51
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
20,442,030
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
10-147.80.6%10,464
15-19150.812.3%162,654
20-24266.621.8%227,330
25-29262.421.4%187,419
30-34241.519.7%147,813
35-39173.914.2%89,805
40-4488.27.2%35,465
45-4930.72.5%9,143
50-541.90.2%427