Fertility in Senegal, 2009

Senegal
2009
Total fertility rate: 5.03
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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   2009  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Senegal was 5.03 children per woman in 2009 — 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, 460,066 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.03
Births
460,066
Births per 1,000 people
37.3
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
12,337,389
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
10-143.60.4%2,696
15-1984.08.3%55,711
20-24197.119.6%116,928
25-29226.722.5%114,340
30-34213.321.2%87,759
35-39167.716.7%54,355
40-4491.19.0%23,406
45-4922.42.2%4,659
50-541.20.1%208