Fertility in Mauritania, 1975

Mauritania
1975
Total fertility rate: 6.71
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1975
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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-5 -1   1975  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritania was 6.71 children per woman in 1975 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (289 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 58,441 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.71
Births
58,441
Births per 1,000 people
45.8
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.48
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
1,277,330
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
10-1417.81.3%1,383
15-19134.210.0%8,275
20-24245.618.3%12,052
25-29289.021.5%13,418
30-34269.220.1%11,130
35-39221.916.5%7,613
40-44127.09.5%3,695
45-4934.22.6%834
50-542.10.2%42