Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 1994

Western Africa
1994
Total fertility rate: 6.31
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1994  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 6.31 children per woman in 1994 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (280 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 9,082,250 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.31
Births
9,082,250
Births per 1,000 people
44.0
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
206,302,207
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
10-1413.31.1%172,358
15-19133.410.6%1,474,877
20-24249.019.8%2,242,150
25-29280.322.2%2,085,569
30-34254.520.2%1,579,990
35-39188.915.0%960,603
40-44105.68.4%441,116
45-4933.72.7%118,972
50-542.20.2%6,609