Fertility in Mali, 2026

Mali
2026
Total fertility rate: 5.33
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mali is projected at 5.33 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (241 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 1,005,407 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
5.33
Births
1,005,407
Births per 1,000 people
38.8
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
25,932,275
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
10-145.30.5%9,131
15-19130.912.3%192,387
20-24240.622.6%286,424
25-29234.722.0%217,452
30-34214.420.1%159,646
35-39146.313.7%92,534
40-4468.96.5%37,330
45-4922.62.1%10,044
50-541.40.1%462