Fertility in Western Africa, 1980

Western Africa
1980
Total fertility rate: 6.93
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 6.93 children per woman in 1980 — 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, 6,802,442 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.93
Births
6,802,442
Births per 1,000 people
48.3
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.32
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
140,828,682
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%142,809
15-19165.311.9%1,165,197
20-24286.420.7%1,692,390
25-29296.721.4%1,474,165
30-34266.019.2%1,119,840
35-39198.614.3%736,931
40-44120.28.7%378,449
45-4933.32.4%88,163
50-542.00.1%4,504