Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2003

Western Africa
2003
Total fertility rate: 5.94
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 5.94 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (261 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 11,309,349 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.94
Births
11,309,349
Births per 1,000 people
42.9
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
104.2
Population
263,721,375
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
10-1411.31.0%181,047
15-19131.711.1%1,838,657
20-24232.419.5%2,819,887
25-29260.721.9%2,632,156
30-34241.720.3%1,958,376
35-39179.515.1%1,193,025
40-4498.58.3%539,446
45-4931.42.6%139,651
50-542.00.2%7,100