Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Niger, 1976

Niger
1976
Total fertility rate: 7.56
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1976  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Niger was 7.56 children per woman in 1976 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (298 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 303,242 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.56
Births
303,242
Births per 1,000 people
55.5
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
5,464,962
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
10-1420.81.4%7,109
15-19201.713.3%58,879
20-24296.319.6%71,731
25-29298.519.7%60,107
30-34289.819.1%53,080
35-39227.515.0%32,850
40-44135.69.0%15,512
45-4941.32.7%3,785
50-542.50.2%189