Fertility in Western Africa, 2001

Western Africa
2001
Total fertility rate: 6.01
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 6.01 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (264 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 10,789,936 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.01
Births
10,789,936
Births per 1,000 people
43.3
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
249,421,590
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
10-1411.91.0%180,286
15-19131.710.9%1,762,365
20-24237.519.7%2,729,923
25-29264.422.0%2,480,394
30-34243.420.2%1,846,815
35-39182.615.2%1,147,898
40-4498.08.1%503,214
45-4931.52.6%132,251
50-542.00.2%6,790