Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Senegal, 1957

Senegal
1957
Total fertility rate: 6.89
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Senegal was 6.89 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (306 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 155,031 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.89
Births
155,031
Births per 1,000 people
50.5
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.1
Population
3,072,364
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
10-149.90.7%1,723
15-19200.514.5%29,734
20-24302.822.0%39,682
25-29306.422.2%35,036
30-34258.418.7%25,410
35-39186.813.6%15,729
40-4477.65.6%5,569
45-4933.72.4%2,046
50-542.10.2%106