Fertility in Western Africa, 2020

Western Africa
2020
Total fertility rate: 4.65
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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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-5 -1   2020  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 4.65 children per woman in 2020 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (217 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 14,122,596 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.65
Births
14,122,596
Births per 1,000 people
33.9
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
416,321,121
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
10-143.40.4%87,931
15-1994.610.2%2,070,766
20-24203.621.9%3,706,074
25-29216.623.3%3,362,889
30-34191.720.6%2,569,059
35-39132.814.3%1,535,709
40-4464.77.0%619,349
45-4921.52.3%162,669
50-541.30.1%8,145