Fertility in Western Africa, 2022

Western Africa
2022
Total fertility rate: 4.50
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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   2022  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 4.50 children per woman in 2022 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (211 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 14,499,156 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.50
Births
14,499,156
Births per 1,000 people
33.3
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
435,937,001
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
10-143.00.3%82,383
15-1992.210.2%2,148,345
20-24198.822.1%3,863,307
25-29211.223.4%3,450,540
30-34186.020.7%2,610,771
35-39127.814.2%1,553,005
40-4461.36.8%626,426
45-4919.22.1%156,804
50-541.20.1%7,565