Fertility in Mauritania, 2023

Mauritania
2023
Total fertility rate: 4.70
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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 4.70 children per woman in 2023 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (196 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 172,885 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.70
Births
172,885
Births per 1,000 people
34.4
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
5,022,442
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
10-1413.21.4%4,174
15-1988.99.5%24,119
20-24168.517.9%38,371
25-29196.320.9%38,383
30-34192.020.4%31,927
35-39157.916.8%22,266
40-4491.39.7%10,626
45-4929.73.2%2,863
50-541.90.2%153