Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 1986

Western Africa
1986
Total fertility rate: 6.69
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1986  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 6.69 children per woman in 1986 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (292 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 7,679,063 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.69
Births
7,679,063
Births per 1,000 people
46.1
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
166,544,119
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
10-1415.61.2%157,957
15-19149.711.2%1,252,387
20-24274.120.5%1,944,618
25-29291.921.8%1,728,094
30-34257.719.3%1,264,793
35-39197.114.7%805,455
40-44115.98.7%416,046
45-4934.32.6%104,244
50-542.20.2%5,462