Fertility in Western Africa, 1959

Western Africa
1959
Total fertility rate: 6.54
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 6.54 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (284 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 4,033,852 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.54
Births
4,033,852
Births per 1,000 people
48.0
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
84,080,331
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
10-1418.41.4%86,440
15-19156.011.9%652,730
20-24259.619.8%954,655
25-29284.221.7%911,355
30-34254.719.5%701,467
35-39191.614.6%450,932
40-44111.48.5%221,958
45-4931.12.4%51,664
50-541.90.1%2,644