Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mauritania, 2014

Mauritania
2014
Total fertility rate: 5.26
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritania was 5.26 children per woman in 2014 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (220 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 146,731 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.26
Births
146,731
Births per 1,000 people
38.1
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.39
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
3,848,514
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
10-1413.11.2%3,114
15-19100.09.5%20,522
20-24189.118.0%33,308
25-29220.220.9%33,025
30-34215.520.5%26,935
35-39177.216.8%18,448
40-44102.39.7%8,890
45-4933.43.2%2,365
50-542.20.2%123