Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Rwanda, 2003

Rwanda
2003
Total fertility rate: 5.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Rwanda was 5.74 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (283 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.1 years old. In total, 355,510 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.74
Births
355,510
Births per 1,000 people
41.4
Mean age of mothers
31.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.9
Population
8,586,875
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
10-140.40.0%247
15-1941.43.6%24,062
20-24209.618.3%98,389
25-29283.324.7%94,522
30-34260.322.7%66,755
35-39207.318.1%44,271
40-44116.810.2%23,115
45-4925.52.2%3,978
50-541.50.1%169