Fertility in Western Africa, 2055

Western Africa
2055
Total fertility rate: 2.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2055  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 2.64 children per woman in 2055 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (138 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 16,979,701 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.64
Births
16,979,701
Births per 1,000 people
21.6
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
785,022,883
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%18,997
15-1945.38.6%1,660,653
20-24127.624.1%4,522,867
25-29138.026.1%4,578,634
30-34116.722.1%3,508,971
35-3968.512.9%1,894,048
40-4425.94.9%656,913
45-496.11.2%132,742
50-540.30.1%5,867