Fertility in Western Africa, 2010

Western Africa
2010
Total fertility rate: 5.73
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2010  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 5.73 children per woman in 2010 — 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 29.5 years old. In total, 13,240,801 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.73
Births
13,240,801
Births per 1,000 people
41.3
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
320,518,705
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
10-147.30.6%139,344
15-19124.010.8%2,035,252
20-24233.320.4%3,311,168
25-29254.022.2%3,130,357
30-34233.020.3%2,415,827
35-39171.415.0%1,423,306
40-4490.07.9%603,832
45-4931.32.7%172,825
50-542.00.2%8,900