Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2054

Western Africa
2054
Total fertility rate: 2.67
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2054  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 2.67 children per woman in 2054 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (139 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 16,974,393 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.67
Births
16,974,393
Births per 1,000 people
21.9
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
775,173,691
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%19,714
15-1946.28.6%1,681,410
20-24129.024.1%4,528,815
25-29139.126.0%4,559,967
30-34117.622.0%3,484,430
35-3969.213.0%1,906,898
40-4426.44.9%655,072
45-496.31.2%132,245
50-540.30.1%5,832