Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2044

Western Africa
2044
Total fertility rate: 3.02
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2044  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 3.02 children per woman in 2044 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (153 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 16,854,973 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.02
Births
16,854,973
Births per 1,000 people
25.1
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.29
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
671,856,483
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
10-140.80.1%28,769
15-1956.29.3%1,861,159
20-24145.024.0%4,506,562
25-29152.825.2%4,500,346
30-34129.321.4%3,440,939
35-3979.913.2%1,798,660
40-4432.65.4%590,282
45-498.41.4%122,475
50-540.50.1%5,775