Fertility in Senegal, 2021

Senegal
2021
Total fertility rate: 3.94
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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

Year

-5 -1   2021  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Senegal was 3.94 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (185 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 511,625 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.94
Births
511,625
Births per 1,000 people
29.7
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.81
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.1
Population
17,220,866
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%1,401
15-1962.27.9%57,532
20-24161.120.4%131,393
25-29185.423.5%128,560
30-34167.321.2%98,010
35-39128.716.3%63,526
40-4462.98.0%25,005
45-4918.32.3%5,919
50-541.10.1%280