Fertility in Western Africa, 2021

Western Africa
2021
Total fertility rate: 4.58
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 4.58 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (214 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 14,324,166 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.58
Births
14,324,166
Births per 1,000 people
33.6
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
426,042,566
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
10-143.20.4%85,079
15-1993.410.2%2,110,369
20-24201.422.0%3,786,873
25-29214.223.4%3,411,357
30-34189.020.6%2,591,708
35-39130.414.2%1,547,213
40-4462.96.9%623,113
45-4920.42.2%160,556
50-541.30.1%7,905