Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mauritania, 1996

Mauritania
1996
Total fertility rate: 5.86
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritania was 5.86 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (252 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.6 years old. In total, 96,001 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.86
Births
96,001
Births per 1,000 people
40.7
Mean age of mothers
30.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.42
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
2,358,188
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
10-1412.01.0%1,768
15-19102.18.7%12,964
20-24204.017.4%22,214
25-29252.521.5%23,308
30-34243.220.7%17,851
35-39194.616.6%10,958
40-44119.810.2%5,218
45-4941.63.6%1,621
50-542.90.2%103