Fertility in Mauritania, 2001

Mauritania
2001
Total fertility rate: 5.41
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritania was 5.41 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (234 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.5 years old. In total, 101,747 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.41
Births
101,747
Births per 1,000 people
38.0
Mean age of mothers
30.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.32
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
2,678,760
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
10-1410.71.0%1,801
15-1991.08.4%13,256
20-24191.717.7%23,374
25-29233.621.6%23,919
30-34227.821.0%19,708
35-39178.016.4%12,271
40-44107.69.9%5,697
45-4939.83.7%1,631
50-542.50.2%89