Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mauritania, 2002

Mauritania
2002
Total fertility rate: 5.37
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritania was 5.37 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (231 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.5 years old. In total, 103,671 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.37
Births
103,671
Births per 1,000 people
37.9
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
2,738,654
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
10-1411.11.0%1,917
15-1990.68.4%13,513
20-24189.717.6%23,693
25-29231.221.5%24,103
30-34225.721.0%19,965
35-39179.416.7%12,838
40-44107.410.0%5,927
45-4938.33.6%1,630
50-542.40.2%87