Fertility in Western Africa, 1951

Western Africa
1951
Total fertility rate: 6.47
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1951
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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 6.47 children per woman in 1951 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (286 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 3,394,637 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.47
Births
3,394,637
Births per 1,000 people
47.3
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
71,804,997
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
10-1415.81.2%64,742
15-19143.311.1%519,319
20-24259.720.1%820,735
25-29285.622.1%779,167
30-34255.619.7%600,603
35-39191.414.8%378,944
40-44110.88.6%185,065
45-4931.12.4%43,748
50-541.90.1%2,306