Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2006

Western Africa
2006
Total fertility rate: 5.86
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 5.86 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (259 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 12,128,119 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.86
Births
12,128,119
Births per 1,000 people
42.3
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
286,698,091
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
10-149.60.8%165,857
15-19127.910.9%1,906,011
20-24230.919.7%3,003,764
25-29259.422.1%2,880,103
30-34237.920.3%2,144,594
35-39177.615.1%1,289,988
40-4495.88.2%573,708
45-4932.02.7%156,127
50-542.00.2%7,970