Fertility in Senegal, 2020

Senegal
2020
Total fertility rate: 4.00
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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   2020  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Senegal was 4.00 children per woman in 2020 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (188 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 502,517 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.00
Births
502,517
Births per 1,000 people
29.9
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.1
Population
16,789,219
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
10-141.40.2%1,443
15-1963.17.9%56,839
20-24163.020.3%128,283
25-29187.923.4%125,461
30-34169.621.2%96,691
35-39131.016.3%62,420
40-4464.88.1%24,981
45-4919.62.4%6,107
50-541.20.1%293