Fertility rate: Mauritania
4.697 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.
Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.697 |
| 2022 | 4.77 |
| 2021 | 4.848 |
| 2020 | 4.912 |
| 2019 | 4.984 |
| 2018 | 5.044 |
| 2017 | 5.106 |
| 2016 | 5.157 |
| 2015 | 5.211 |
| 2014 | 5.261 |
| 2013 | 5.317 |
| 2012 | 5.352 |
| 2011 | 5.38 |
| 2010 | 5.384 |
| 2009 | 5.406 |
| 2008 | 5.436 |
| 2007 | 5.426 |
| 2006 | 5.404 |
| 2005 | 5.376 |
| 2004 | 5.374 |
| 2003 | 5.364 |
| 2002 | 5.373 |
| 2001 | 5.407 |
| 2000 | 5.456 |
| 1999 | 5.524 |
| 1998 | 5.623 |
| 1997 | 5.743 |
| 1996 | 5.861 |
| 1995 | 5.962 |
| 1994 | 6.058 |
| 1993 | 6.093 |
| 1992 | 6.126 |
| 1991 | 6.157 |
| 1990 | 6.175 |
| 1989 | 6.195 |
| 1988 | 6.213 |
| 1987 | 6.271 |
| 1986 | 6.343 |
| 1985 | 6.423 |
| 1984 | 6.483 |
| 1983 | 6.541 |
| 1982 | 6.588 |
| 1981 | 6.635 |
| 1980 | 6.671 |
| 1979 | 6.702 |
| 1978 | 6.727 |
| 1977 | 6.736 |
| 1976 | 6.727 |
| 1975 | 6.713 |
| 1974 | 6.73 |
| 1973 | 6.718 |
| 1972 | 6.706 |
| 1971 | 6.696 |
| 1970 | 6.677 |
| 1969 | 6.643 |
| 1968 | 6.603 |
| 1967 | 6.568 |
| 1966 | 6.516 |
| 1965 | 6.444 |
| 1964 | 6.37 |
| 1963 | 6.312 |
| 1962 | 6.244 |
| 1961 | 6.199 |
| 1960 | 6.149 |
| 1959 | 6.092 |
| 1958 | 6.05 |
| 1957 | 6.004 |
| 1956 | 5.964 |
| 1955 | 5.923 |
| 1954 | 5.874 |
| 1953 | 5.847 |
| 1952 | 5.825 |
| 1951 | 5.809 |
| 1950 | 5.791 |