Fertility in Senegal, 2022

Senegal
2022
Total fertility rate: 3.86
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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   2022  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Senegal was 3.86 children per woman in 2022 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (183 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 520,006 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.86
Births
520,006
Births per 1,000 people
29.5
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.1
Population
17,651,103
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
10-141.30.2%1,366
15-1961.07.9%57,923
20-24158.820.5%133,858
25-29182.623.6%131,758
30-34164.721.3%99,338
35-39126.516.3%64,623
40-4461.47.9%25,266
45-4916.82.2%5,615
50-541.00.1%260