Fertility in Niger, 2010

Niger
2010
Total fertility rate: 7.64
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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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The total fertility rate of Niger was 7.64 children per woman in 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (323 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 816,735 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.64
Births
816,735
Births per 1,000 people
49.4
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
16,548,835
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
10-149.50.6%9,944
15-19196.612.9%160,163
20-24323.021.2%211,166
25-29323.021.2%176,057
30-34286.618.8%128,487
35-39228.014.9%83,873
40-44115.47.6%35,665
45-4941.62.7%10,846
50-542.50.2%536