Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2085

Western Africa
2085
Total fertility rate: 2.12
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2085  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 2.12 children per woman in 2085 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (120 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.2 years old. In total, 16,059,384 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.12
Births
16,059,384
Births per 1,000 people
15.8
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
1,016,369,515
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%6,811
15-1926.26.2%1,014,595
20-2493.422.0%3,657,373
25-29119.628.2%4,623,838
30-34106.125.0%3,959,622
35-3957.613.6%2,068,850
40-4418.04.2%620,472
45-493.20.7%103,795
50-540.10.0%4,006