Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 1989

Western Africa
1989
Total fertility rate: 6.57
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1989  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 6.57 children per woman in 1989 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (288 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 8,180,683 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.57
Births
8,180,683
Births per 1,000 people
45.3
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.25
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
180,735,124
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
10-1414.31.1%161,470
15-19144.911.0%1,336,914
20-24266.620.3%2,051,603
25-29288.522.0%1,868,172
30-34256.619.5%1,370,425
35-39193.914.8%854,724
40-44112.28.5%419,729
45-4934.42.6%111,734
50-542.20.2%5,914