Fertility in Senegal, 2016

Senegal
2016
Total fertility rate: 4.65
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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 4.65 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (215 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.3 years old. In total, 508,586 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.65
Births
508,586
Births per 1,000 people
33.8
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
15,034,520
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
10-141.50.2%1,350
15-1972.07.7%56,856
20-24180.119.4%122,644
25-29215.323.1%127,937
30-34198.821.4%100,987
35-39153.816.5%64,035
40-4484.59.1%28,261
45-4923.42.5%6,226
50-541.40.1%290