Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mauritania, 2011

Mauritania
2011
Total fertility rate: 5.38
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritania was 5.38 children per woman in 2011 — 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, 136,404 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.38
Births
136,404
Births per 1,000 people
38.9
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.43
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
3,502,811
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%2,861
15-19102.09.5%19,510
20-24193.418.0%31,244
25-29225.220.9%30,574
30-34220.320.5%24,681
35-39181.216.8%17,029
40-44104.79.7%8,228
45-4934.23.2%2,165
50-542.20.2%110