Fertility in Western Africa, 1970

Western Africa
1970
Total fertility rate: 6.71
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1970
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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 6.71 children per woman in 1970 — 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 29.2 years old. In total, 5,183,248 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.71
Births
5,183,248
Births per 1,000 people
48.2
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.01
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
107,502,898
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
10-1418.31.4%113,176
15-19165.012.3%866,817
20-24276.920.6%1,251,009
25-29283.621.1%1,144,237
30-34252.018.8%872,124
35-39195.714.6%575,257
40-44117.58.8%291,502
45-4931.42.3%65,785
50-541.90.1%3,333