Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2034

Western Africa
2034
Total fertility rate: 3.57
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2034  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 3.57 children per woman in 2034 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (175 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 16,261,976 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.57
Births
16,261,976
Births per 1,000 people
28.9
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.49
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
562,644,733
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
10-141.40.2%44,103
15-1971.09.9%2,124,000
20-24166.823.3%4,676,584
25-29174.824.4%4,237,856
30-34150.121.0%2,937,476
35-3996.813.5%1,533,078
40-4442.05.9%567,652
45-4911.61.6%134,535
50-540.70.1%6,675