Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 1979

Western Africa
1979
Total fertility rate: 6.95
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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 6.95 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (297 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 6,644,689 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.95
Births
6,644,689
Births per 1,000 people
48.6
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
136,761,484
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
10-1417.21.2%138,548
15-19167.212.0%1,142,341
20-24288.220.7%1,649,813
25-29296.921.4%1,430,007
30-34265.819.1%1,102,008
35-39198.214.3%719,287
40-44121.28.7%372,614
45-4933.22.4%85,703
50-542.00.1%4,358