Fertility in Western Africa, 2016

Western Africa
2016
Total fertility rate: 5.21
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 5.21 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (239 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 14,185,975 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.21
Births
14,185,975
Births per 1,000 people
37.6
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
377,346,753
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
10-144.30.4%98,012
15-19110.010.6%2,111,397
20-24223.321.4%3,646,939
25-29238.622.9%3,371,171
30-34212.520.4%2,609,889
35-39150.014.4%1,545,762
40-4475.97.3%623,757
45-4925.92.5%170,298
50-541.60.2%8,738