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🗺️ Total Fertility Rate of Western Africa

4.75
Total Fertility Rate
34.91
Crude Birth Rate
15,746,270
Overall Births

The current population fertility rate of Western Africa is 4.7475 births per woman. A -1.45% decrease from 2023, when the fertility rate was 4.8172 births per woman. In the future, Western Africa's fertility rate is projected to decrease to 2.0406 childern born per woman, by the year 2100. A total decrease of the fertility rate of Western Africa's by -57.02% 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 6.4647 to 4.7475 births per woman, a decrease of -26.56% in total.

Year Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) Crude Birth Rate Overall Births
1950 6.4647 47.002 3,302,510
1951 6.4717 47.15 3,376,460
1952 6.4682 47.189 3,445,387
1953 6.4802 47.31 3,521,833
1954 6.4905 47.386 3,595,803
1955 6.5036 47.475 3,673,676
1956 6.5183 47.576 3,755,155
1957 6.5264 47.637 3,836,155
1958 6.5286 47.692 3,919,176
1959 6.5369 47.733 4,001,568
1960 6.5464 47.816 4,093,694
1961 6.557 47.895 4,189,957
1962 6.5744 47.993 4,289,295
1963 6.585 47.981 4,382,311
1964 6.5999 47.949 4,476,442
1965 6.611 47.891 4,570,539
1966 6.6307 47.85 4,670,713
1967 6.652 47.823 4,773,351
1968 6.6707 47.807 4,881,425
1969 6.6907 47.789 4,993,061
1970 6.71 47.777 5,109,200
1971 6.7494 47.887 5,246,033
1972 6.7796 47.895 5,373,961
1973 6.8131 47.966 5,517,502
1974 6.8554 48.192 5,687,424
1975 6.8939 48.306 5,855,630
1976 6.9131 48.246 6,011,827
1977 6.9482 48.342 6,192,199
1978 6.9761 48.412 6,381,305
1979 6.9611 48.282 6,550,012
1980 6.9382 48.074 6,712,705
1981 6.9198 47.822 6,875,013
1982 6.893 47.5 7,026,041
1983 6.8654 47.276 7,195,398
1984 6.8105 46.818 7,303,921
1985 6.7499 46.292 7,421,806
1986 6.7022 45.742 7,530,627
1987 6.6509 45.275 7,651,975
1988 6.6149 44.886 7,788,682
1989 6.5814 44.817 7,988,525
1990 6.5328 44.548 8,157,025
1991 6.4826 44.355 8,323,281
1992 6.4274 44.161 8,503,615
1993 6.3702 44.031 8,706,251
1994 6.306 43.869 8,900,342
1995 6.2448 43.666 9,089,641
1996 6.1784 43.406 9,273,444
1997 6.1102 43.15 9,458,543
1998 6.0516 42.947 9,670,996
1999 6.0398 43.122 9,973,982
2000 6.0416 43.191 10,258,625
2001 6.0195 43.076 10,513,016
2002 5.9887 42.928 10,771,522
2003 5.9506 42.721 11,020,685
2004 5.9033 42.425 11,245,759
2005 5.8811 42.34 11,537,415
2006 5.864 42.099 11,793,795
2007 5.8332 41.83 12,046,257
2008 5.8052 41.638 12,327,917
2009 5.7638 41.372 12,592,106
2010 5.712 41.069 12,848,788
2011 5.6579 40.761 13,110,364
2012 5.5906 40.286 13,323,115
2013 5.5138 39.729 13,499,376
2014 5.4428 39.205 13,683,480
2015 5.3896 38.718 13,879,797
2016 5.3308 38.244 14,074,814
2017 5.2538 37.718 14,252,546
2018 5.1842 37.295 14,467,838
2019 5.1157 36.873 14,676,305
2020 5.0455 36.467 14,886,702
2021 4.9748 36.096 15,113,190
2022 4.8906 35.628 15,292,397
2023 4.8172 35.252 15,511,400
2024 4.7475 34.912 15,746,270

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 4.7475 to an average of 2.0406 children born per woman. An additional decrease of -57.02% from 2024 to 2100.

Year Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) Crude Birth Rate Overall Births
2024 4.7475 34.912 15,746,270
2025 4.6694 34.519 15,955,307
2026 4.5917 34.134 16,165,009
2027 4.5152 33.763 16,377,423
2028 4.4389 33.391 16,586,349
2029 4.3701 33.072 16,818,381
2030 4.2859 32.629 16,982,193
2031 4.2149 32.274 17,187,303
2032 4.1388 31.868 17,359,129
2033 4.0663 31.475 17,532,018
2034 3.9962 31.086 17,700,817
2035 3.9198 30.634 17,825,471
2036 3.8493 30.214 17,959,812
2037 3.7865 29.841 18,114,660
2038 3.7263 29.474 18,265,908
2039 3.6576 29.028 18,359,210
2040 3.5953 28.62 18,466,850
2041 3.5416 28.268 18,602,580
2042 3.4757 27.811 18,657,948
2043 3.4235 27.452 18,769,978
2044 3.3735 27.102 18,879,936
2045 3.3122 26.656 18,911,673
2046 3.2579 26.259 18,966,352
2047 3.2113 25.919 19,053,029
2048 3.1655 25.578 19,130,165
2049 3.1167 25.209 19,175,984
2050 3.0789 24.922 19,276,489
2051 3.0274 24.522 19,277,817
2052 2.9814 24.162 19,300,410
2053 2.9354 23.799 19,309,176
2054 2.894 23.469 19,334,607
2055 2.8606 23.2 19,401,537
2056 2.829 22.942 19,469,591
2057 2.7934 22.647 19,498,430
2058 2.7529 22.309 19,480,174
2059 2.7199 22.028 19,502,251
2060 2.6898 21.767 19,533,221
2061 2.6708 21.589 19,633,777
2062 2.6495 21.388 19,706,830
2063 2.6128 21.06 19,653,412
2064 2.5916 20.851 19,704,241
2065 2.5585 20.546 19,653,674
2066 2.531 20.281 19,633,038
2067 2.5131 20.09 19,676,743
2068 2.4868 19.828 19,643,277
2069 2.4622 19.578 19,612,562
2070 2.4372 19.324 19,568,470
2071 2.4157 19.095 19,541,544
2072 2.4043 18.942 19,586,994
2073 2.3861 18.735 19,568,899
2074 2.3663 18.514 19,529,114
2075 2.3434 18.27 19,455,989
2076 2.328 18.083 19,436,491
2077 2.309 17.869 19,380,645
2078 2.2928 17.677 19,341,667
2079 2.281 17.52 19,334,107
2080 2.2639 17.325 19,276,611
2081 2.251 17.162 19,249,672
2082 2.2384 17.002 19,219,862
2083 2.2215 16.813 19,148,963
2084 2.2111 16.672 19,128,911
2085 2.1959 16.497 19,062,384
2086 2.1797 16.317 18,982,327
2087 2.1676 16.168 18,933,785
2088 2.157 16.032 18,894,020
2089 2.1435 15.875 18,823,651
2090 2.1332 15.743 18,778,572
2091 2.1239 15.619 18,737,671
2092 2.1154 15.502 18,699,331
2093 2.1023 15.352 18,617,127
2094 2.0956 15.25 18,587,240
2095 2.0819 15.097 18,490,913
2096 2.0767 15.005 18,466,001
2097 2.0631 14.856 18,363,459
2098 2.057 14.759 18,323,249
2099 2.0494 14.652 18,265,835
2100 2.0406 14.538 18,195,068

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 2022.

Data Sources

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

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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