Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Niger, 2002

Niger
2002
Total fertility rate: 7.80
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Niger was 7.80 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (325 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 649,336 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.80
Births
649,336
Births per 1,000 people
52.6
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
12,349,144
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
10-1417.71.1%12,919
15-19203.113.0%124,104
20-24325.320.9%166,748
25-29322.020.6%134,702
30-34299.419.2%104,585
35-39235.115.1%69,609
40-44113.07.2%27,910
45-4941.42.7%8,335
50-542.60.2%423