Fertility in Mauritania, 2000

Mauritania
2000
Total fertility rate: 5.46
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 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

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-5 -1   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritania was 5.46 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (237 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.6 years old. In total, 99,085 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.46
Births
99,085
Births per 1,000 people
37.9
Mean age of mothers
30.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.32
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
2,613,442
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
10-1410.51.0%1,719
15-1989.98.2%12,721
20-24192.717.6%22,749
25-29236.621.7%23,582
30-34230.621.1%19,278
35-39179.616.4%11,823
40-44108.49.9%5,483
45-4941.53.8%1,631
50-542.60.2%96