Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2065

Western Africa
2065
Total fertility rate: 2.41
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2065  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 2.41 children per woman in 2065 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (129 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 16,942,846 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.41
Births
16,942,846
Births per 1,000 people
19.3
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
877,584,189
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
10-140.30.1%13,298
15-1937.87.8%1,433,136
20-24114.823.8%4,329,996
25-29129.326.8%4,713,833
30-34110.122.8%3,740,871
35-3962.713.0%1,954,809
40-4422.24.6%627,895
45-494.81.0%123,334
50-540.20.1%5,685