Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 1958

Western Africa
1958
Total fertility rate: 6.53
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 6.53 children per woman in 1958 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (285 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 3,951,512 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.53
Births
3,951,512
Births per 1,000 people
48.0
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
82,377,403
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
10-1417.81.4%82,822
15-19151.911.6%624,147
20-24260.219.9%941,197
25-29285.321.8%898,162
30-34255.719.6%690,584
35-39192.214.7%443,920
40-44111.68.5%217,353
45-4931.22.4%50,721
50-541.90.1%2,613