Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2042

Western Africa
2042
Total fertility rate: 3.11
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 3.11 children per woman in 2042 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (156 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 16,794,366 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.11
Births
16,794,366
Births per 1,000 people
25.8
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.33
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
650,276,077
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
10-140.90.1%31,152
15-1958.69.4%1,895,645
20-24148.923.9%4,525,655
25-29156.325.1%4,527,019
30-34132.621.3%3,372,541
35-3982.713.3%1,739,509
40-4434.25.5%573,766
45-498.91.4%123,195
50-540.50.1%5,880