Fertility in Mauritania, 2021

Mauritania
2021
Total fertility rate: 4.85
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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

Year

-5 -1   2021  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Mauritania was 4.85 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (203 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 167,340 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.85
Births
167,340
Births per 1,000 people
35.3
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.23
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
4,734,874
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
10-1413.11.4%3,928
15-1991.79.5%23,235
20-24174.118.0%37,255
25-29202.720.9%37,313
30-34198.220.4%30,992
35-39163.116.8%21,472
40-4494.19.7%10,228
45-4930.73.2%2,770
50-542.00.2%148