Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Senegal, 1958

Senegal
1958
Total fertility rate: 6.92
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Senegal was 6.92 children per woman in 1958 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (307 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 159,150 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.92
Births
159,150
Births per 1,000 people
50.4
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.01
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.0
Population
3,158,756
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
10-1410.00.7%1,793
15-19199.814.4%30,214
20-24301.921.8%40,500
25-29307.322.2%35,985
30-34259.518.7%26,194
35-39189.013.7%16,302
40-4481.05.8%5,952
45-4933.82.4%2,104
50-542.10.1%107