Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Senegal, 1956

Senegal
1956
Total fertility rate: 6.86
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Senegal was 6.86 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (303 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 151,484 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.86
Births
151,484
Births per 1,000 people
50.7
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.0
Population
2,988,932
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
10-149.60.7%1,610
15-19210.215.3%30,602
20-24301.622.0%38,622
25-29303.422.1%33,854
30-34255.418.6%24,483
35-39183.213.3%15,066
40-4473.95.4%5,170
45-4933.42.4%1,979
50-542.00.1%99