Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mauritania, 2012

Mauritania
2012
Total fertility rate: 5.35
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritania was 5.35 children per woman in 2012 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (224 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.3 years old. In total, 140,200 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.35
Births
140,200
Births per 1,000 people
38.7
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.42
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
3,619,034
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%2,930
15-19101.69.5%19,891
20-24192.518.0%32,004
25-29224.120.9%31,514
30-34219.220.5%25,504
35-39180.316.8%17,549
40-44104.29.7%8,456
45-4934.03.2%2,237
50-542.20.2%117