Fertility in Senegal, 1959

Senegal
1959
Total fertility rate: 6.96
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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-5 -1   1959  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Senegal was 6.96 children per woman in 1959 — 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, 163,714 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.96
Births
163,714
Births per 1,000 people
50.4
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.0
Population
3,248,318
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
10-149.80.7%1,821
15-19204.614.7%31,659
20-24299.921.6%41,116
25-29306.822.1%36,788
30-34259.618.7%26,888
35-39190.613.7%16,839
40-4484.16.0%6,337
45-4933.92.4%2,157
50-542.00.1%108