Fertility in Nigeria (1950–2100)

Nigeria
2026
Total fertility rate: 4.20
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 Nigeria is projected at 4.20 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 (203 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.1 years old. In total, 7,711,752 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.20
Births
7,711,752
Births per 1,000 people
31.8
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.63
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
242,431,832
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
10-142.00.2%29,599
15-1979.79.5%1,077,489
20-24192.122.8%2,227,315
25-29203.024.1%1,886,160
30-34176.421.0%1,347,657
35-39115.913.8%750,419
40-4454.46.5%308,000
45-4916.82.0%81,039
50-541.10.1%4,070