Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2043

Western Africa
2043
Total fertility rate: 3.06
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2043  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 3.06 children per woman in 2043 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (155 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 16,828,590 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.06
Births
16,828,590
Births per 1,000 people
25.5
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
661,094,208
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%29,943
15-1957.49.3%1,879,027
20-24146.923.9%4,510,071
25-29154.525.1%4,521,103
30-34130.921.3%3,408,020
35-3981.313.2%1,770,154
40-4433.45.4%581,822
45-498.61.4%122,624
50-540.50.1%5,819