Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2036

Western Africa
2036
Total fertility rate: 3.44
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2036  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 3.44 children per woman in 2036 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (170 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 16,464,732 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.44
Births
16,464,732
Births per 1,000 people
28.2
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.45
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
584,597,326
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
10-141.20.2%40,228
15-1967.79.8%2,042,638
20-24161.923.5%4,703,572
25-29169.524.6%4,356,346
30-34145.121.0%3,058,102
35-3992.913.5%1,565,580
40-4439.75.8%561,242
45-4910.81.6%130,597
50-540.60.1%6,425