Fertility in Mauritania, 1951

Mauritania
1951
Total fertility rate: 5.81
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1951
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-5 -1   1951  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritania was 5.81 children per woman in 1951 — 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, 29,049 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.81
Births
29,049
Births per 1,000 people
43.3
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.64
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
670,884
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
10-1411.31.0%474
15-19113.29.7%4,131
20-24215.318.5%6,765
25-29239.620.6%6,398
30-34241.420.8%5,455
35-39181.915.6%3,451
40-44118.010.1%1,848
45-4939.63.4%500
50-542.70.2%26