Fertility in Senegal, 2026

Senegal
2026
Total fertility rate: 3.66
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Senegal is projected at 3.66 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (175 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.9 years old. In total, 554,508 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.66
Births
554,508
Births per 1,000 people
28.6
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.70
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.1
Population
19,366,548
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
10-141.00.1%1,128
15-1957.07.8%58,469
20-24152.320.8%138,768
25-29175.023.9%143,794
30-34156.721.4%109,641
35-39119.216.3%69,465
40-4456.27.7%27,307
45-4914.72.0%5,681
50-540.80.1%253