Fertility in Senegal, 1960

Senegal
1960
Total fertility rate: 7.00
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1960
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The total fertility rate of Senegal was 7.00 children per woman in 1960 — 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 28.6 years old. In total, 168,244 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.00
Births
168,244
Births per 1,000 people
50.4
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.0
Population
3,340,907
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
10-149.70.7%1,865
15-19204.814.6%32,576
20-24298.221.3%41,724
25-29306.421.9%37,592
30-34261.718.7%27,802
35-39193.713.8%17,546
40-4488.16.3%6,798
45-4934.22.4%2,233
50-542.00.1%109