Fertility in Mauritania, 1950

Mauritania
1950
Total fertility rate: 5.79
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1950
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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-5 -1   1950  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritania was 5.79 children per woman in 1950 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (241 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 28,308 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.79
Births
28,308
Births per 1,000 people
43.0
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.62
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
657,715
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
10-1411.21.0%460
15-19113.19.8%4,043
20-24214.818.5%6,601
25-29239.020.6%6,240
30-34240.720.8%5,316
35-39181.015.6%3,351
40-44117.310.1%1,786
45-4939.63.4%485
50-542.70.2%25