Fertility in Togo, 2008

Togo
2008
Total fertility rate: 5.10
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 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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The total fertility rate of Togo was 5.10 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (236 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 241,712 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.10
Births
241,712
Births per 1,000 people
38.0
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
6,368,812
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
10-144.60.4%1,706
15-1984.48.3%28,135
20-24209.720.5%61,188
25-29235.723.1%60,081
30-34212.920.8%46,316
35-39159.715.6%28,558
40-4484.78.3%12,287
45-4927.92.7%3,273
50-541.80.2%172