Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 1993

Western Africa
1993
Total fertility rate: 6.37
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1993  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 6.37 children per woman in 1993 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (281 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 8,892,917 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.37
Births
8,892,917
Births per 1,000 people
44.3
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
200,921,583
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
10-1413.81.1%174,866
15-19135.810.7%1,449,135
20-24253.719.9%2,205,009
25-29280.522.0%2,027,349
30-34254.820.0%1,533,378
35-39190.415.0%940,313
40-44108.28.5%438,701
45-4933.72.6%117,728
50-542.20.2%6,428