Fertility in Senegal, 2001

Senegal
2001
Total fertility rate: 5.40
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Senegal was 5.40 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (240 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.3 years old. In total, 396,851 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.40
Births
396,851
Births per 1,000 people
38.9
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
10,212,942
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
10-145.40.5%3,571
15-1991.18.4%53,698
20-24201.718.7%100,457
25-29240.122.2%95,860
30-34227.021.0%71,362
35-39185.517.2%46,543
40-44102.59.5%20,839
45-4925.62.4%4,324
50-541.40.1%197