Fertility in Mauritania, 2022

Mauritania
2022
Total fertility rate: 4.77
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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 4.77 children per woman in 2022 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (199 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 169,886 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.77
Births
169,886
Births per 1,000 people
34.8
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
4,875,638
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%4,049
15-1990.29.5%23,660
20-24171.217.9%37,728
25-29199.420.9%37,813
30-34195.020.4%31,408
35-39160.516.8%21,856
40-4492.79.7%10,409
45-4930.23.2%2,814
50-542.00.2%150