Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2011

Western Africa
2011
Total fertility rate: 5.68
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 5.68 children per woman in 2011 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (252 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 13,516,849 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.68
Births
13,516,849
Births per 1,000 people
41.0
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
329,609,640
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
10-146.80.6%134,421
15-19124.410.9%2,091,157
20-24233.220.5%3,388,908
25-29252.422.2%3,190,826
30-34230.920.3%2,470,020
35-39168.314.8%1,449,706
40-4488.27.8%609,661
45-4930.52.7%173,232
50-541.90.2%8,920