Fertility in Senegal, 2010

Senegal
2010
Total fertility rate: 5.06
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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   2010  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Senegal was 5.06 children per woman in 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (226 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.3 years old. In total, 470,714 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.06
Births
470,714
Births per 1,000 people
37.3
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
12,635,412
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
10-143.20.3%2,453
15-1981.18.0%54,440
20-24196.519.4%118,198
25-29226.322.3%116,777
30-34213.021.0%90,180
35-39174.117.2%58,383
40-4495.49.4%25,312
45-4922.22.2%4,766
50-541.20.1%206