Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 1996

Western Africa
1996
Total fertility rate: 6.18
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 6.18 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (275 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 9,485,047 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.18
Births
9,485,047
Births per 1,000 people
43.6
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
217,588,611
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
10-1412.31.0%167,593
15-19132.110.7%1,554,389
20-24246.820.0%2,388,741
25-29275.022.3%2,169,257
30-34249.620.2%1,639,621
35-39184.314.9%994,650
40-4499.78.1%441,039
45-4933.72.7%122,895
50-542.20.2%6,878