Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2032

Western Africa
2032
Total fertility rate: 3.71
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2032  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 3.71 children per woman in 2032 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (181 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 16,027,483 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.71
Births
16,027,483
Births per 1,000 people
29.6
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.55
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
540,812,696
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
10-141.60.2%49,444
15-1974.110.0%2,182,249
20-24172.323.2%4,620,555
25-29180.624.3%4,098,199
30-34155.620.9%2,827,658
35-39101.313.6%1,525,773
40-4444.76.0%577,316
45-4912.51.7%139,403
50-540.70.1%6,873