Fertility in Western Africa, 2029

Western Africa
2029
Total fertility rate: 3.94
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2029 1999, 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

Year

-5 -1   2029  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 3.94 children per woman in 2029 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (190 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 15,617,599 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.94
Births
15,617,599
Births per 1,000 people
30.7
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.63
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
508,537,810
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
10-142.00.2%59,017
15-1979.410.1%2,230,666
20-24180.722.9%4,463,273
25-29189.924.1%3,867,990
30-34164.320.8%2,715,256
35-39108.713.8%1,531,912
40-4449.06.2%595,553
45-4914.21.8%146,757
50-540.90.1%7,163