Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Senegal, 2014

Senegal
2014
Total fertility rate: 4.88
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Senegal was 4.88 children per woman in 2014 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (225 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.3 years old. In total, 502,121 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.88
Births
502,121
Births per 1,000 people
35.5
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
14,152,102
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
10-141.90.2%1,621
15-1975.07.7%55,011
20-24188.219.2%121,288
25-29225.023.0%127,187
30-34208.721.3%99,565
35-39160.316.4%62,408
40-4493.29.5%28,709
45-4924.62.5%6,046
50-541.40.1%285