Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2046

Western Africa
2046
Total fertility rate: 2.94
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2046  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 2.94 children per woman in 2046 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (150 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 16,893,034 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.94
Births
16,893,034
Births per 1,000 people
24.4
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
693,160,549
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
10-140.70.1%26,619
15-1953.99.2%1,825,740
20-24141.424.0%4,521,887
25-29149.525.4%4,444,850
30-34126.321.5%3,488,374
35-3977.313.1%1,847,803
40-4431.15.3%608,451
45-497.91.3%123,603
50-540.40.1%5,706