Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mauritania, 2007

Mauritania
2007
Total fertility rate: 5.43
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritania was 5.43 children per woman in 2007 — 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, 120,757 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.43
Births
120,757
Births per 1,000 people
39.0
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.42
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
3,093,059
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
10-1413.21.2%2,659
15-19102.89.5%17,449
20-24195.118.0%27,829
25-29227.220.9%26,667
30-34222.220.5%21,755
35-39182.816.8%15,290
40-44106.09.8%7,202
45-4934.73.2%1,815
50-542.30.2%91