Fertility in Mauritania, 2019

Mauritania
2019
Total fertility rate: 4.98
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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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The total fertility rate of Mauritania was 4.98 children per woman in 2019 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (208 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 161,780 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.98
Births
161,780
Births per 1,000 people
36.2
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.29
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
4,467,708
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%3,682
15-1994.39.5%22,346
20-24179.118.0%36,313
25-29208.520.9%36,124
30-34203.920.4%30,049
35-39167.816.8%20,589
40-4496.89.7%9,864
45-4931.63.2%2,669
50-542.10.2%141