Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mauritania, 2028

Mauritania
2028
Total fertility rate: 4.36
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2028  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritania is projected at 4.36 children per woman in 2028 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (182 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.2 years old. In total, 187,121 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.36
Births
187,121
Births per 1,000 people
32.5
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
5,757,956
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
10-1412.91.5%4,549
15-1982.69.5%26,028
20-24156.317.9%41,861
25-29182.420.9%40,993
30-34178.420.4%34,526
35-39146.716.8%24,108
40-4484.69.7%11,744
45-4927.53.2%3,141
50-541.80.2%169