Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Senegal, 1983

Senegal
1983
Total fertility rate: 7.19
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Year

-5 -1   1983  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Senegal was 7.19 children per woman in 1983 — 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 29.9 years old. In total, 296,285 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.19
Births
296,285
Births per 1,000 people
46.8
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.60
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
6,324,504
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
10-147.90.5%3,081
15-19147.910.3%47,072
20-24284.819.8%73,786
25-29306.221.3%64,992
30-34286.720.0%51,046
35-39228.715.9%34,621
40-44134.09.3%17,188
45-4938.12.6%4,289
50-542.20.2%211