Western Africa

Population

growth rate

(%)

Birth rate (per 1000)

Infant mortality rate (Per 1000)

Male

Female

Life expectancy at birth (Years)

Total population

Male

Female

Total fertility rate (children born/woman)

Death rate (Per 1000)

Benin

3.4

42.1

58.7

63.9

53.3

61.4

59.6

63.3

5.53

8.4

Burkina Faso

2.66

35.1

52

56.4

47.5

62.7

60.9

64.5

4.51

8.2

Cape Verde

1.28

19.1

19.7

22.7

16.7

73.2

70.8

75.6

2.16

5.9

Cote d’Ivoire

2.26

29.1

59.1

66.7

51.2

61.3

59.2

63.6

3.67

7.9

Gambia

1.87

27

54.9

60.1

49.6

65.8

63.5

68.3

3.21

6.7

Ghana

2.15

29.6

32.1

35.9

28.2

68.2

65.6

70.8

3.9

6.6

Guinea

2.76

36.1

52.4

57.3

47.3

63.2

61.3

65

4.92

8.4

Guinea-Bissau

2.51

36.9

51.9

57.9

45.7

62.8

60.6

65.1

4.75

7.9

Liberia

2.71

37.3

47.4

51.7

43.1

64.7

62.5

67

4.9

7

Mali

2.95

42.2

64

69.6

58.3

61.6

59.4

63.9

5.72

9

Mauritania

2.09

29

47.9

52.5

43.1

64.5

62.1

67

3.65

7.5

Niger

3.66

47.5

67.7

72

63.3

59.3

57.8

60.8

7

10.2

Nigeria

2.53

34.6

59.8

65.4

54

60.4

58.6

62.3

4.72

9.1

Saint Helena

0.13

9.4

12

14.1

9.7

80

77.1

83.1

1.6

8.3

Senegal

2.31

31.8

45.7

51.3

40

63.2

61.1

65.4

4.04

7.6

Sierra Leone

2.43

35.4

63.6

71.6

55.4

59.8

57.1

62.6

4.62

9.8

Togo

2.56

32

38.5

44.5

32.3

66.6

63.9

69.3

4.22

6.5

Average

32.6

48.7

53.7

43.5

7.9