Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2073

Western Africa
2073
Total fertility rate: 2.27
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2073  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 2.27 children per woman in 2073 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (125 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 16,686,304 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.27
Births
16,686,304
Births per 1,000 people
17.7
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
941,959,178
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%10,145
15-1932.77.2%1,257,364
20-24105.923.3%4,074,534
25-29124.627.4%4,697,062
30-34107.423.6%3,863,890
35-3959.813.1%2,029,149
40-4420.24.4%633,131
45-494.10.9%116,135
50-540.20.0%4,912