Fertility in Western Africa, 2045

Western Africa
2045
Total fertility rate: 2.98
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2045 2015, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2045  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 2.98 children per woman in 2045 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (151 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 16,874,052 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.98
Births
16,874,052
Births per 1,000 people
24.7
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
682,547,937
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%27,669
15-1955.09.2%1,843,389
20-24143.224.0%4,512,138
25-29151.125.3%4,469,533
30-34127.821.4%3,469,206
35-3978.613.2%1,824,479
40-4431.85.3%599,035
45-498.21.4%122,852
50-540.50.1%5,740