Total fertility rate in Western Africa in 2024 — 4.37 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 33.3%.
1960–2024 · births per woman
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Africa
| Year | births | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.37 | −0.09 | −1.96% |
| 2023 | 4.46 | −0.07 | −1.48% |
| 2022 | 4.53 | −0.08 | −1.68% |
| 2021 | 4.6 | −0.07 | −1.5% |
| 2020 | 4.67 | −0.13 | −2.71% |
| 2019 | 4.8 | −0.14 | −2.93% |
| 2018 | 4.95 | −0.15 | −2.92% |
| 2017 | 5.1 | −0.14 | −2.72% |
| 2016 | 5.24 | −0.13 | −2.44% |
| 2015 | 5.37 | −0.1 | −1.88% |
| 2014 | 5.47 | −0.08 | −1.42% |
| 2013 | 5.55 | −0.08 | −1.5% |
| 2012 | 5.64 | −0.07 | −1.26% |
| 2011 | 5.71 | −0.05 | −0.79% |
| 2010 | 5.75 | −0.04 | −0.64% |
| 2009 | 5.79 | −0.03 | −0.58% |
| 2008 | 5.83 | −0.02 | −0.39% |
| 2007 | 5.85 | −0.04 | −0.62% |
| 2006 | 5.88 | −0.02 | −0.39% |
| 2005 | 5.91 | −0.02 | −0.4% |
| 2004 | 5.93 | −0.03 | −0.49% |
| 2003 | 5.96 | −0.03 | −0.57% |
| 2002 | 6 | −0.03 | −0.58% |
| 2001 | 6.03 | −0.03 | −0.45% |
| 2000 | 6.06 | +0 | +0.04% |
| 1999 | 6.05 | −0.01 | −0.21% |
| 1998 | 6.07 | −0.06 | −0.97% |
| 1997 | 6.13 | −0.07 | −1.09% |
| 1996 | 6.19 | −0.06 | −1.03% |
| 1995 | 6.26 | −0.06 | −0.97% |
| 1994 | 6.32 | −0.06 | −0.95% |
| 1993 | 6.38 | −0.06 | −0.86% |
| 1992 | 6.44 | −0.05 | −0.84% |
| 1991 | 6.49 | −0.05 | −0.77% |
| 1990 | 6.54 | −0.05 | −0.72% |
| 1989 | 6.59 | −0.03 | −0.48% |
| 1988 | 6.62 | −0.04 | −0.56% |
| 1987 | 6.66 | −0.05 | −0.77% |
| 1986 | 6.71 | −0.05 | −0.69% |
| 1985 | 6.75 | −0.06 | −0.86% |
| 1984 | 6.81 | −0.05 | −0.79% |
| 1983 | 6.87 | −0.03 | −0.42% |
| 1982 | 6.9 | −0.03 | −0.38% |
| 1981 | 6.92 | −0.02 | −0.27% |
| 1980 | 6.94 | −0.02 | −0.3% |
| 1979 | 6.96 | −0.02 | −0.22% |
| 1978 | 6.98 | +0.03 | +0.37% |
| 1977 | 6.95 | +0.03 | +0.45% |
| 1976 | 6.92 | +0.02 | +0.25% |
| 1975 | 6.9 | +0.04 | +0.56% |
| 1974 | 6.87 | +0.04 | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 6.82 | +0.03 | +0.47% |
| 1972 | 6.79 | +0.03 | +0.43% |
| 1971 | 6.76 | +0.04 | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 6.72 | +0.02 | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 6.7 | +0.02 | +0.34% |
| 1968 | 6.68 | +0.02 | +0.29% |
| 1967 | 6.66 | +0.02 | +0.33% |
| 1966 | 6.64 | +0.02 | +0.32% |
| 1965 | 6.62 | +0.01 | +0.19% |
| 1964 | 6.6 | +0.02 | +0.25% |
| 1963 | 6.59 | +0.01 | +0.11% |
| 1962 | 6.58 | +0.01 | +0.23% |
| 1961 | 6.57 | +0.01 | +0.14% |
| 1960 | 6.56 | — | — |
The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.
Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.