Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2063

Western Africa
2063
Total fertility rate: 2.45
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2063  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 2.45 children per woman in 2063 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (131 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 16,975,006 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.45
Births
16,975,006
Births per 1,000 people
19.7
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
859,991,494
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
10-140.40.1%14,254
15-1939.28.0%1,479,802
20-24117.223.9%4,386,808
25-29130.826.7%4,701,950
30-34111.122.7%3,697,093
35-3963.713.0%1,935,621
40-4422.84.6%626,172
45-495.01.0%127,515
50-540.30.1%5,799