Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Senegal, 1986

Senegal
1986
Total fertility rate: 6.90
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Year

-5 -1   1986  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Senegal was 6.90 children per woman in 1986 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (300 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 305,743 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.90
Births
305,743
Births per 1,000 people
44.5
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.62
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.9
Population
6,878,192
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
10-147.60.6%3,342
15-19124.99.1%44,299
20-24267.519.4%76,233
25-29299.721.7%69,041
30-34279.520.3%53,282
35-39226.816.4%36,718
40-44133.49.7%18,180
45-4937.32.7%4,422
50-542.20.2%225