Fertility in Senegal, 2000

Senegal
2000
Total fertility rate: 5.50
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Senegal was 5.50 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (245 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.3 years old. In total, 391,751 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.50
Births
391,751
Births per 1,000 people
39.3
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
9,968,260
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
10-146.10.6%3,965
15-1994.28.6%54,302
20-24204.118.5%98,588
25-29244.622.2%94,042
30-34231.021.0%70,081
35-39188.317.1%45,693
40-44104.39.5%20,582
45-4926.12.4%4,301
50-541.40.1%199