Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2007

Western Africa
2007
Total fertility rate: 5.82
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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 5.82 children per woman in 2007 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (258 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 12,382,849 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.82
Births
12,382,849
Births per 1,000 people
42.0
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
294,822,459
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
10-149.00.8%158,546
15-19126.310.8%1,927,617
20-24230.919.8%3,067,904
25-29258.322.2%2,946,405
30-34237.120.3%2,215,861
35-39175.615.1%1,315,932
40-4494.08.1%578,776
45-4932.52.8%163,372
50-542.10.2%8,427