Fertility in Western Africa, 2000

Western Africa
2000
Total fertility rate: 6.04
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 6.04 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (265 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 10,527,062 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.04
Births
10,527,062
Births per 1,000 people
43.4
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
242,586,127
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%181,684
15-19132.611.0%1,734,917
20-24239.319.8%2,671,837
25-29265.522.0%2,401,099
30-34243.520.1%1,791,637
35-39184.115.2%1,124,440
40-4497.48.1%484,871
45-4931.92.6%129,917
50-542.00.2%6,666