Fertility in Mauritania, 2018

Mauritania
2018
Total fertility rate: 5.04
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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   2018  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritania was 5.04 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (211 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 158,852 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.04
Births
158,852
Births per 1,000 people
36.6
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
4,337,685
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
10-1413.11.3%3,559
15-1995.69.5%21,923
20-24181.318.0%35,805
25-29211.020.9%35,499
30-34206.420.5%29,508
35-39169.816.8%20,130
40-4498.09.7%9,677
45-4932.03.2%2,614
50-542.10.2%138