Fertility in Senegal, 2023

Senegal
2023
Total fertility rate: 3.82
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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   2023  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Senegal was 3.82 children per woman in 2023 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (181 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 531,890 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.82
Births
531,890
Births per 1,000 people
29.4
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.76
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.1
Population
18,077,573
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%1,343
15-1960.27.9%58,561
20-24157.420.6%136,912
25-29180.923.6%135,996
30-34163.221.3%101,703
35-39125.016.3%66,016
40-4460.57.9%25,741
45-4915.62.0%5,376
50-540.90.1%242