Fertility in Mauritania, 2005

Mauritania
2005
Total fertility rate: 5.38
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritania was 5.38 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (228 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.4 years old. In total, 112,966 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.38
Births
112,966
Births per 1,000 people
38.4
Mean age of mothers
30.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.37
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
2,939,058
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
10-1412.71.2%2,412
15-1998.59.2%15,828
20-24189.017.6%25,586
25-29227.621.1%25,320
30-34223.120.7%20,969
35-39182.717.0%14,485
40-44105.89.8%6,614
45-4934.73.2%1,667
50-542.30.2%84