Fertility in Niger, 2026

Niger
2026
Total fertility rate: 5.64
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Niger is projected at 5.64 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (256 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.1 years old. In total, 1,157,021 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
5.64
Births
1,157,021
Births per 1,000 people
40.2
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.36
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
28,814,878
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
10-142.70.2%5,196
15-19133.111.8%215,092
20-24249.122.1%328,944
25-29256.022.7%269,252
30-34225.620.0%184,356
35-39151.813.4%98,202
40-4479.37.0%42,232
45-4930.02.7%13,074
50-541.90.2%673