Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2082

Western Africa
2082
Total fertility rate: 2.15
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2082  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 2.15 children per woman in 2082 — 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, 16,227,757 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.15
Births
16,227,757
Births per 1,000 people
16.2
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
1,000,516,240
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%7,525
15-1927.76.4%1,074,228
20-2496.422.4%3,768,058
25-29120.728.0%4,642,353
30-34106.224.6%3,934,294
35-3958.013.4%2,063,024
40-4418.54.3%626,484
45-493.40.8%107,536
50-540.10.0%4,260