Fertility in Mali, 2021

Mali
2021
Total fertility rate: 5.78
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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 5.78 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (255 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 911,381 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.78
Births
911,381
Births per 1,000 people
40.7
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.41
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
22,388,630
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
10-146.80.6%10,110
15-19141.912.3%173,741
20-24255.422.1%245,259
25-29252.221.8%194,792
30-34229.919.9%150,599
35-39161.214.0%90,487
40-4478.96.8%36,425
45-4927.32.4%9,530
50-541.70.1%439