Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2081

Western Africa
2081
Total fertility rate: 2.16
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2081  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 2.16 children per woman in 2081 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (121 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.1 years old. In total, 16,273,394 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.16
Births
16,273,394
Births per 1,000 people
16.4
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
994,816,016
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
10-140.20.0%7,777
15-1928.26.5%1,093,777
20-2497.422.5%3,801,121
25-29121.027.9%4,645,839
30-34106.224.5%3,924,293
35-3958.113.4%2,059,706
40-4418.64.3%627,936
45-493.40.8%108,614
50-540.20.0%4,338