Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2002

Western Africa
2002
Total fertility rate: 5.97
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 5.97 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (263 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 11,043,846 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.97
Births
11,043,846
Births per 1,000 people
43.1
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
256,505,983
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
10-1411.71.0%181,732
15-19130.910.9%1,790,559
20-24234.919.6%2,776,558
25-29262.822.0%2,557,752
30-34242.320.3%1,898,573
35-39181.515.2%1,173,314
40-4498.48.2%521,956
45-4931.62.6%136,414
50-542.00.2%6,987