Fertility in Western Africa, 2013

Western Africa
2013
Total fertility rate: 5.52
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2013 1983, 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 5.52 children per woman in 2013 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (247 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 13,908,701 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.52
Births
13,908,701
Births per 1,000 people
39.9
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
348,183,392
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
10-146.20.6%129,487
15-19123.411.2%2,175,030
20-24229.820.8%3,500,608
25-29247.122.4%3,274,259
30-34223.320.2%2,538,101
35-39160.914.6%1,493,930
40-4483.27.5%613,473
45-4929.12.6%174,775
50-541.80.2%9,041