Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 1998

Western Africa
1998
Total fertility rate: 6.05
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 6.05 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (268 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 9,906,494 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.05
Births
9,906,494
Births per 1,000 people
43.1
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
229,786,192
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
10-1412.21.0%174,228
15-19130.410.8%1,624,653
20-24242.120.0%2,524,509
25-29268.422.2%2,259,359
30-34244.420.2%1,695,180
35-39181.615.0%1,043,389
40-4496.48.0%452,237
45-4932.92.7%126,136
50-542.10.2%6,807