Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mauritania, 1987

Mauritania
1987
Total fertility rate: 6.27
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-5 -1   1987  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritania was 6.27 children per woman in 1987 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (266 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 75,568 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.27
Births
75,568
Births per 1,000 people
41.9
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.53
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
1,803,014
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
10-1419.91.6%2,280
15-19118.89.5%11,683
20-24225.618.0%18,087
25-29265.521.2%16,518
30-34255.820.4%12,349
35-39205.716.4%8,502
40-44119.79.6%4,781
45-4939.23.1%1,297
50-542.60.2%73