Fertility in Mauritania, 2016

Mauritania
2016
Total fertility rate: 5.16
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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   2016  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritania was 5.16 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (216 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 152,849 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.16
Births
152,849
Births per 1,000 people
37.4
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.35
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
4,086,656
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%3,324
15-1997.99.5%21,183
20-24185.418.0%34,618
25-29215.820.9%34,278
30-34211.120.5%28,275
35-39173.616.8%19,255
40-44100.29.7%9,293
45-4932.73.2%2,492
50-542.10.2%129