Fertility in Senegal, 2008

Senegal
2008
Total fertility rate: 5.02
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 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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The total fertility rate of Senegal was 5.02 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (224 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 449,958 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.02
Births
449,958
Births per 1,000 people
37.3
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
12,048,959
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
10-144.10.4%2,962
15-1985.98.5%56,248
20-24197.419.6%115,454
25-29223.522.2%110,125
30-34214.121.3%85,403
35-39166.216.5%52,089
40-4492.29.2%22,968
45-4922.32.2%4,509
50-541.20.1%203