Fertility in Mauritania, 1960

Mauritania
1960
Total fertility rate: 6.15
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1960
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Mauritania was 6.15 children per woman in 1960 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (256 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 38,123 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.15
Births
38,123
Births per 1,000 people
46.2
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
824,298
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
10-1414.01.1%703
15-19121.99.9%5,558
20-24229.818.7%8,800
25-29255.720.8%8,387
30-34253.720.6%7,072
35-39193.615.7%4,545
40-44121.29.8%2,389
45-4938.83.2%636
50-542.50.2%33