Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2049

Western Africa
2049
Total fertility rate: 2.83
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2049  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 2.83 children per woman in 2049 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (145 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 16,925,616 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.83
Births
16,925,616
Births per 1,000 people
23.4
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
724,533,888
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
10-140.60.1%23,746
15-1950.79.0%1,773,796
20-24136.424.1%4,531,160
25-29145.225.6%4,446,584
30-34122.421.6%3,485,348
35-3973.913.1%1,899,002
40-4429.25.2%633,474
45-497.31.3%126,869
50-540.40.1%5,646