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🗺️ Total Fertility Rate of Western Africa

4.35
Total Fertility Rate
32.56
Crude Birth Rate
14,855,287
Overall Births

The current population fertility rate of Western Africa is 4.3512 births per woman. A -1.94% decrease from 2023, when the fertility rate was 4.4372 births per woman. In the future, Western Africa's fertility rate is projected to decrease to 1.9898 childern born per woman, by the year 2100. A total decrease of the fertility rate of Western Africa's by -54.27% from today's standard.

Historic Total Fertility Rate of Western Africa (1950-2024)

Western Africa has seen a decrease of the population fertility rate since the 1950's. From 6.4638 to 4.3512 births per woman, a decrease of -32.68% in total.

Year Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) Crude Birth Rate Overall Births
1950 6.4638 47.112 3,318,678
1951 6.4716 47.276 3,394,637
1952 6.4687 47.345 3,465,684
1953 6.4806 47.496 3,544,024
1954 6.4922 47.602 3,621,100
1955 6.5065 47.725 3,702,295
1956 6.5225 47.843 3,785,886
1957 6.5311 47.923 3,869,290
1958 6.5341 47.968 3,951,512
1959 6.54 47.976 4,033,852
1960 6.5496 48.044 4,126,283
1961 6.5594 48.11 4,221,575
1962 6.5742 48.2 4,321,590
1963 6.5815 48.179 4,414,772
1964 6.5973 48.191 4,513,737
1965 6.6096 48.148 4,611,064
1966 6.6297 48.146 4,716,070
1967 6.6506 48.148 4,824,481
1968 6.6692 48.166 4,938,582
1969 6.6904 48.207 5,059,870
1970 6.7105 48.215 5,183,248
1971 6.7507 48.379 5,328,489
1972 6.7807 48.416 5,465,333
1973 6.813 48.506 5,615,847
1974 6.8546 48.704 5,788,517
1975 6.8932 48.842 5,964,583
1976 6.9114 48.801 6,125,434
1977 6.9422 48.808 6,300,351
1978 6.9684 48.822 6,486,035
1979 6.952 48.586 6,644,689
1980 6.9304 48.303 6,802,442
1981 6.9113 48.016 6,962,951
1982 6.885 47.724 7,124,928
1983 6.8538 47.594 7,302,138
1984 6.7998 47.012 7,409,081
1985 6.7408 46.564 7,546,092
1986 6.6939 46.108 7,679,063
1987 6.6419 45.721 7,823,832
1988 6.6052 45.416 7,986,341
1989 6.5726 45.263 8,180,683
1990 6.5265 45.031 8,355,357
1991 6.4777 44.747 8,519,610
1992 6.4231 44.488 8,701,393
1993 6.3662 44.261 8,892,917
1994 6.3057 44.024 9,082,250
1995 6.2419 43.852 9,290,934
1996 6.1763 43.592 9,485,047
1997 6.108 43.319 9,684,022
1998 6.0488 43.112 9,906,494
1999 6.0358 43.217 10,203,172
2000 6.0379 43.395 10,527,062
2001 6.0091 43.26 10,789,936
2002 5.9736 43.055 11,043,846
2003 5.9384 42.884 11,309,349
2004 5.9083 42.607 11,551,718
2005 5.8843 42.502 11,849,367
2006 5.8602 42.303 12,128,119
2007 5.8225 42.001 12,382,849
2008 5.7984 41.802 12,673,455
2009 5.7625 41.559 12,955,280
2010 5.725 41.311 13,240,801
2011 5.6778 41.009 13,516,849
2012 5.6049 40.531 13,734,063
2013 5.5193 39.946 13,908,701
2014 5.44 39.351 14,078,720
2015 5.3377 38.552 14,167,705
2016 5.2076 37.594 14,185,975
2017 5.0665 36.617 14,180,788
2018 4.9196 35.647 14,153,582
2019 4.7769 34.713 14,117,123
2020 4.649 33.922 14,122,596
2021 4.5804 33.621 14,324,166
2022 4.5038 33.26 14,499,156
2023 4.4372 32.988 14,714,066
2024 4.3512 32.559 14,855,287

Future Total Fertility Rate of Western Africa (2024-2100)

Western Africa's negative downward trend in fertility rate is set to decrease even further in the future. From 4.3512 to an average of 1.9898 children born per woman. An additional decrease of -54.27% from 2024 to 2100.

Year Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) Crude Birth Rate Overall Births
2024 4.3512 32.559 14,855,287
2025 4.271 32.19 15,017,874
2026 4.1885 31.815 15,172,879
2027 4.1022 31.416 15,311,632
2028 4.0187 31.041 15,456,191
2029 3.9417 30.711 15,617,599
2030 3.8591 30.328 15,747,056
2031 3.7821 29.975 15,886,294
2032 3.7091 29.636 16,027,483
2033 3.637 29.279 16,153,768
2034 3.5658 28.903 16,261,976
2035 3.4993 28.532 16,366,038
2036 3.4371 28.164 16,464,732
2037 3.3756 27.772 16,540,644
2038 3.3174 27.38 16,607,660
2039 3.2639 27.003 16,675,576
2040 3.2107 26.61 16,724,221
2041 3.1585 26.21 16,758,997
2042 3.1099 25.827 16,794,366
2043 3.0641 25.456 16,828,590
2044 3.0199 25.087 16,854,973
2045 2.9772 24.722 16,874,052
2046 2.9371 24.371 16,893,034
2047 2.8979 24.021 16,903,526
2048 2.8602 23.678 16,909,953
2049 2.8257 23.361 16,925,616
2050 2.7924 23.051 16,938,273
2051 2.7597 22.745 16,946,397
2052 2.7305 22.47 16,968,950
2053 2.6999 22.183 16,975,163
2054 2.6694 21.898 16,974,393
2055 2.6411 21.63 16,979,701
2056 2.6144 21.377 16,989,932
2057 2.588 21.125 16,993,611
2058 2.5631 20.886 16,999,786
2059 2.5389 20.65 17,003,000
2060 2.516 20.424 17,006,674
2061 2.493 20.194 17,001,579
2062 2.4697 19.961 16,987,179
2063 2.4481 19.739 16,975,006
2064 2.4276 19.523 16,962,540
2065 2.4073 19.306 16,942,846
2066 2.3884 19.097 16,923,711
2067 2.371 18.899 16,907,856
2068 2.3534 18.696 16,881,732
2069 2.336 18.493 16,849,123
2070 2.319 18.292 16,811,946
2071 2.3026 18.094 16,771,093
2072 2.287 17.903 16,730,496
2073 2.2718 17.714 16,686,304
2074 2.2569 17.529 16,638,703
2075 2.2422 17.345 16,587,974
2076 2.2281 17.169 16,537,970
2077 2.2141 16.994 16,483,094
2078 2.2011 16.828 16,431,828
2079 2.1888 16.67 16,382,618
2080 2.1762 16.512 16,328,360
2081 2.164 16.358 16,273,394
2082 2.1533 16.219 16,227,757
2083 2.1414 16.072 16,168,445
2084 2.1307 15.937 16,117,058
2085 2.1197 15.801 16,059,384
2086 2.1092 15.671 16,004,018
2087 2.099 15.546 15,949,302
2088 2.0888 15.422 15,890,716
2089 2.08 15.309 15,840,218
2090 2.0703 15.192 15,781,026
2091 2.0609 15.078 15,721,495
2092 2.0509 14.96 15,654,027
2093 2.0429 14.857 15,598,176
2094 2.0352 14.757 15,542,534
2095 2.0276 14.658 15,485,198
2096 2.0205 14.563 15,428,336
2097 2.0124 14.461 15,361,202
2098 2.0052 14.366 15,299,211
2099 1.9968 14.263 15,225,129
2100 1.9898 14.17 15,159,149

How is Total Fertility Rate calculated?

A population's fertility rate is most commonly calculated as Total Total Fertility Rate or TFR for short. The Total Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is a standard demographic indicator that is used internationally to estimate the average number of children born per woman in a population. It is calculated by adding up all the age-specific fertility rates, multiplying this sum by five (the width of the age-group interval), and then dividing by 1,000.

Total Fertility Rate Formula

Total Total Fertility Rate = (Sum of ASFR x 5 ) / 1,000

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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