Fertility in Mauritania, 2020

Mauritania
2020
Total fertility rate: 4.91
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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   2020  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritania was 4.91 children per woman in 2020 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (205 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 164,387 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.91
Births
164,387
Births per 1,000 people
35.7
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
4,600,131
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%3,803
15-1992.99.5%22,757
20-24176.518.0%36,735
25-29205.420.9%36,683
30-34200.920.4%30,498
35-39165.416.8%21,014
40-4495.49.7%10,033
45-4931.13.2%2,720
50-542.00.2%144