Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2037

Western Africa
2037
Total fertility rate: 3.38
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2037  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 3.38 children per woman in 2037 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (167 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 16,540,644 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.38
Births
16,540,644
Births per 1,000 people
27.8
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.42
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
595,589,668
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%38,525
15-1966.09.7%2,002,938
20-24159.523.6%4,695,922
25-29167.024.7%4,401,850
30-34142.821.1%3,118,601
35-3991.113.4%1,588,902
40-4438.65.7%558,732
45-4910.41.5%128,873
50-540.60.1%6,306