Fertility in Mauritania, 2015

Mauritania
2015
Total fertility rate: 5.21
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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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-5 -1   2015  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritania was 5.21 children per woman in 2015 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (218 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 149,827 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.21
Births
149,827
Births per 1,000 people
37.8
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.37
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
3,965,959
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
10-1413.01.3%3,215
15-1999.09.5%20,855
20-24187.318.0%33,974
25-29218.120.9%33,669
30-34213.420.5%27,615
35-39175.516.8%18,847
40-44101.39.7%9,096
45-4933.13.2%2,430
50-542.10.2%126