Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 1958

Nigeria
1958
Total fertility rate: 6.39
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria was 6.39 children per woman in 1958 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (281 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 2,009,025 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.39
Births
2,009,025
Births per 1,000 people
46.4
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
43,324,646
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
10-1420.71.6%51,249
15-19134.710.5%293,453
20-24239.318.7%454,182
25-29281.422.0%461,152
30-34256.720.1%363,456
35-39193.315.1%235,323
40-44120.39.4%123,422
45-4929.72.3%25,462
50-541.80.1%1,329