Fertility in Western Africa, 2023

Western Africa
2023
Total fertility rate: 4.44
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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   2023  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa was 4.44 children per woman in 2023 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (209 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 14,714,066 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.44
Births
14,714,066
Births per 1,000 people
33.0
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.81
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
446,044,485
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
10-142.90.3%79,737
15-1991.210.3%2,192,334
20-24196.822.2%3,954,980
25-29208.723.5%3,500,768
30-34183.420.7%2,635,848
35-39125.614.2%1,559,331
40-4459.76.7%628,875
45-4918.22.1%154,826
50-541.10.1%7,357