Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2074

Western Africa
2074
Total fertility rate: 2.26
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2074  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 2.26 children per woman in 2074 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (124 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 16,638,703 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.26
Births
16,638,703
Births per 1,000 people
17.5
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.01
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
949,236,934
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%9,813
15-1932.17.1%1,236,081
20-24104.823.2%4,041,113
25-29124.127.5%4,690,033
30-34107.123.7%3,872,843
35-3959.513.2%2,035,233
40-4419.94.4%633,434
45-494.00.9%115,292
50-540.20.0%4,861