Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2014

Western Africa
2014
Total fertility rate: 5.44
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 5.44 children per woman in 2014 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (245 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 14,078,720 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.44
Births
14,078,720
Births per 1,000 people
39.4
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
357,771,653
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
10-145.70.5%123,345
15-19120.411.1%2,174,648
20-24228.221.0%3,555,812
25-29245.122.5%3,320,266
30-34220.720.3%2,580,425
35-39158.214.5%1,524,308
40-4480.87.4%616,492
45-4928.22.6%174,416
50-541.80.2%9,001