Fertility in Western Africa, 2035

Western Africa
2035
Total fertility rate: 3.50
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2035 2005, 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   2035  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 3.50 children per woman in 2035 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (172 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 16,366,038 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.50
Births
16,366,038
Births per 1,000 people
28.5
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.47
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
573,606,493
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
10-141.30.2%42,023
15-1969.49.9%2,083,232
20-24164.223.4%4,695,516
25-29172.124.5%4,300,082
30-34147.521.0%2,996,034
35-3994.813.5%1,546,095
40-4440.85.8%564,042
45-4911.21.6%132,466
50-540.60.1%6,545