Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2048

Western Africa
2048
Total fertility rate: 2.86
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2048  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 2.86 children per woman in 2048 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (146 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 16,909,953 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.86
Births
16,909,953
Births per 1,000 people
23.7
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.23
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
714,155,093
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%24,655
15-1951.79.0%1,790,566
20-24138.024.1%4,528,612
25-29146.525.6%4,431,265
30-34123.621.6%3,495,022
35-3974.913.1%1,882,806
40-4429.85.2%625,726
45-497.51.3%125,636
50-540.40.1%5,642