Fertility in Western Africa, 2100

Western Africa
2100
Total fertility rate: 1.99
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2100 2070, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2100  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Western Africa is projected at 1.99 children per woman in 2100 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (115 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.6 years old. In total, 15,159,149 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.99
Births
15,159,149
Births per 1,000 people
14.2
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
1,069,781,674
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%4,160
15-1919.54.9%732,855
20-2478.619.7%3,033,148
25-29115.429.0%4,470,437
30-34108.127.1%4,104,937
35-3957.614.4%2,131,924
40-4416.54.1%594,322
45-492.40.6%84,645
50-540.10.0%2,733