Fertility in Western Africa, 2018

Western Africa
2018
Total fertility rate: 4.92
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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

Year

-5 -1   2018  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 4.92 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (227 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 14,153,582 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.92
Births
14,153,582
Births per 1,000 people
35.6
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
397,047,966
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
10-143.80.4%92,526
15-19101.310.3%2,080,925
20-24213.721.7%3,676,515
25-29227.023.1%3,363,716
30-34201.620.5%2,589,776
35-39141.314.4%1,549,614
40-4470.27.1%625,087
45-4923.72.4%166,916
50-541.50.2%8,494