Fertility in Western Africa, 2005

Western Africa
2005
Total fertility rate: 5.88
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 5.88 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (260 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 11,849,367 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.88
Births
11,849,367
Births per 1,000 people
42.5
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
278,795,269
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
10-1410.40.9%174,368
15-19128.710.9%1,874,535
20-24231.619.7%2,944,729
25-29259.722.0%2,801,038
30-34239.420.3%2,080,700
35-39178.115.1%1,254,270
40-4496.78.2%562,499
45-4931.72.7%149,587
50-542.00.2%7,643