Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2053

Western Africa
2053
Total fertility rate: 2.70
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2053  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 2.70 children per woman in 2053 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (140 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 16,975,163 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.70
Births
16,975,163
Births per 1,000 people
22.2
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
765,236,976
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
10-140.50.1%20,471
15-1947.18.7%1,702,287
20-24130.524.1%4,534,358
25-29140.325.9%4,543,303
30-34118.521.9%3,467,033
35-3970.113.0%1,917,622
40-4426.95.0%652,708
45-496.51.2%131,572
50-540.40.1%5,800