Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2028

Western Africa
2028
Total fertility rate: 4.02
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2028  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 4.02 children per woman in 2028 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (193 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 15,456,191 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.02
Births
15,456,191
Births per 1,000 people
31.0
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
497,923,236
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
10-142.10.3%62,190
15-1981.310.1%2,235,446
20-24183.322.8%4,385,400
25-29192.824.0%3,786,813
30-34167.220.8%2,693,893
35-39111.313.8%1,534,648
40-4450.66.3%601,976
45-4914.81.8%148,615
50-540.90.1%7,213