Fertility in Senegal, 2005

Senegal
2005
Total fertility rate: 5.13
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Senegal was 5.13 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (227 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 426,768 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.13
Births
426,768
Births per 1,000 people
38.0
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
11,235,472
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
10-144.80.5%3,344
15-1987.58.5%55,257
20-24198.219.3%109,747
25-29227.222.1%103,792
30-34222.021.6%80,169
35-39171.616.7%48,850
40-4492.89.0%21,152
45-4922.92.2%4,260
50-541.30.1%195