Fertility in Senegal, 2017

Senegal
2017
Total fertility rate: 4.49
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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 4.49 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (209 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 507,600 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.49
Births
507,600
Births per 1,000 people
32.8
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
15,475,002
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%1,359
15-1969.17.7%56,565
20-24176.519.6%124,235
25-29209.023.3%127,347
30-34190.121.1%99,591
35-39150.316.7%64,610
40-4478.78.8%27,372
45-4922.52.5%6,232
50-541.30.1%289