Fertility in Mauritania, 1980

Mauritania
1980
Total fertility rate: 6.67
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 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   1980  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Mauritania was 6.67 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (286 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 65,630 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.67
Births
65,630
Births per 1,000 people
44.5
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.53
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
1,474,043
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
10-1421.81.6%2,044
15-19132.19.9%10,048
20-24241.218.1%14,379
25-29285.821.5%13,406
30-34263.519.8%11,707
35-39224.516.8%8,885
40-44126.09.5%4,131
45-4935.32.7%979
50-542.20.2%51