Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Western Africa, 2099

Western Africa
2099
Total fertility rate: 2.00
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2099  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 2.00 children per woman in 2099 — 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, 15,225,129 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.00
Births
15,225,129
Births per 1,000 people
14.3
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
1,067,444,403
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%4,292
15-1919.95.0%750,116
20-2479.619.9%3,077,050
25-29115.628.9%4,485,943
30-34107.927.0%4,096,695
35-3957.514.4%2,126,916
40-4416.64.2%595,478
45-492.50.6%85,822
50-540.10.0%2,809