Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Senegal, 1978

Senegal
1978
Total fertility rate: 7.28
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Senegal was 7.28 children per woman in 1978 — 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 29.6 years old. In total, 272,838 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.28
Births
272,838
Births per 1,000 people
49.0
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.44
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
5,568,096
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
10-1410.70.7%3,503
15-19167.311.5%46,009
20-24294.620.2%67,756
25-29306.721.1%59,229
30-34278.919.2%45,484
35-39222.415.3%30,554
40-44136.59.4%16,405
45-4936.32.5%3,722
50-542.10.1%175