Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2098

Western Africa
2098
Total fertility rate: 2.01
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2098  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 2.01 children per woman in 2098 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (116 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.5 years old. In total, 15,299,211 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.01
Births
15,299,211
Births per 1,000 people
14.4
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
1,064,933,600
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
10-140.10.0%4,429
15-1920.35.1%768,034
20-2480.620.1%3,122,847
25-29116.028.9%4,503,469
30-34107.726.8%4,090,313
35-3957.514.3%2,123,082
40-4416.74.2%597,084
45-492.50.6%87,049
50-540.10.0%2,889