Fertility in Western Africa, 2008

Western Africa
2008
Total fertility rate: 5.80
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 5.80 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (256 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 12,673,455 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.80
Births
12,673,455
Births per 1,000 people
41.8
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
303,176,824
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
10-148.70.7%157,678
15-19125.710.8%1,966,383
20-24231.720.0%3,141,269
25-29256.322.1%2,999,536
30-34236.020.3%2,286,529
35-39175.115.1%1,356,772
40-4493.18.0%589,023
45-4932.32.8%167,620
50-542.10.2%8,643