Fertility in Western Africa, 2017

Western Africa
2017
Total fertility rate: 5.07
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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 5.07 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (233 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 14,180,788 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.07
Births
14,180,788
Births per 1,000 people
36.6
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
387,273,226
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
10-143.90.4%93,094
15-19105.110.4%2,085,887
20-24219.121.6%3,672,521
25-29233.023.0%3,371,473
30-34207.120.4%2,603,614
35-39145.814.4%1,551,581
40-4473.17.2%625,451
45-4924.82.4%168,530
50-541.60.2%8,616