Fertility in Mauritania, 2017

Mauritania
2017
Total fertility rate: 5.11
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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   2017  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritania was 5.11 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (214 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 155,985 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.11
Births
155,985
Births per 1,000 people
37.0
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.33
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
4,210,600
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%3,438
15-1996.89.5%21,553
20-24183.518.0%35,264
25-29213.620.9%34,910
30-34209.020.5%28,935
35-39171.916.8%19,699
40-4499.29.7%9,494
45-4932.43.2%2,555
50-542.10.2%134