Fertility in Mauritania, 2010

Mauritania
2010
Total fertility rate: 5.38
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Mauritania was 5.38 children per woman in 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (225 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.3 years old. In total, 132,040 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.38
Births
132,040
Births per 1,000 people
38.9
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.43
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
3,390,964
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
10-1413.41.2%2,821
15-19101.89.5%18,995
20-24193.618.0%30,321
25-29225.420.9%29,488
30-34220.520.5%23,776
35-39181.316.8%16,489
40-44104.99.7%7,969
45-4934.33.2%2,077
50-542.20.2%105