Fertility in Senegal, 2019

Senegal
2019
Total fertility rate: 4.10
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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 4.10 children per woman in 2019 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (192 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 497,216 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.10
Births
497,216
Births per 1,000 people
30.4
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.1
Population
16,352,922
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%1,485
15-1964.67.9%56,467
20-24166.220.2%125,960
25-29191.823.4%123,756
30-34173.321.1%96,127
35-39134.216.4%61,733
40-4467.48.2%25,121
45-4920.92.5%6,266
50-541.30.2%303