Fertility in Western Africa, 2030

Western Africa
2030
Total fertility rate: 3.86
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2030 2000, 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   2030  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 3.86 children per woman in 2030 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (187 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 15,747,056 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.86
Births
15,747,056
Births per 1,000 people
30.3
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.60
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
519,221,777
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
10-141.80.2%55,643
15-1977.510.0%2,217,431
20-24177.723.0%4,522,973
25-29186.624.1%3,941,480
30-34161.220.9%2,741,626
35-39106.113.7%1,527,833
40-4447.56.1%588,668
45-4913.61.8%144,338
50-540.80.1%7,069