Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mauritania, 2006

Mauritania
2006
Total fertility rate: 5.40
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritania was 5.40 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (227 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.3 years old. In total, 116,815 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.40
Births
116,815
Births per 1,000 people
38.8
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.40
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
3,013,660
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%2,502
15-19100.69.3%16,609
20-24192.117.8%26,702
25-29227.521.0%25,973
30-34222.820.6%21,356
35-39183.116.9%14,929
40-44106.39.8%6,931
45-4934.53.2%1,726
50-542.20.2%86