Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Senegal, 1979

Senegal
1979
Total fertility rate: 7.29
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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Senegal was 7.29 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (305 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 277,048 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.29
Births
277,048
Births per 1,000 people
48.6
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.48
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
5,702,894
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%3,627
15-19160.711.0%45,341
20-24293.220.1%68,740
25-29305.320.9%59,910
30-34282.219.4%46,826
35-39227.015.6%31,579
40-44139.79.6%17,043
45-4936.42.5%3,801
50-542.10.1%181