Fertility in Senegal, 1951

Senegal
1951
Total fertility rate: 6.79
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1951
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-5 -1   1951  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Senegal was 6.79 children per woman in 1951 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (300 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 134,116 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.79
Births
134,116
Births per 1,000 people
51.2
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.1
Population
2,619,642
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
10-149.20.7%1,377
15-19215.915.9%28,344
20-24299.122.0%34,236
25-29299.722.1%29,583
30-34251.018.5%21,393
35-39177.713.1%12,987
40-4470.75.2%4,390
45-4932.82.4%1,719
50-542.00.1%87