Fertility in Western Africa, 2009

Western Africa
2009
Total fertility rate: 5.76
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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 5.76 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (254 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 12,955,280 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.76
Births
12,955,280
Births per 1,000 people
41.6
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
311,733,919
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
10-148.20.7%153,609
15-19125.310.9%2,008,666
20-24231.820.1%3,215,065
25-29254.022.0%3,052,132
30-34234.020.3%2,348,269
35-39174.315.1%1,397,416
40-4492.48.0%601,855
45-4931.62.7%169,596
50-542.00.2%8,682