Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2075

Western Africa
2075
Total fertility rate: 2.24
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2075  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 2.24 children per woman in 2075 — 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, 16,587,975 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.24
Births
16,587,975
Births per 1,000 people
17.3
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.01
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
956,346,184
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
10-140.20.1%9,490
15-1931.57.0%1,215,214
20-24103.723.1%4,006,990
25-29123.627.5%4,682,616
30-34106.923.8%3,880,663
35-3959.313.2%2,040,389
40-4419.74.4%633,384
45-493.90.9%114,436
50-540.20.0%4,789