Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 1966

Nigeria
1966
Total fertility rate: 6.39
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1966  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria was 6.39 children per woman in 1966 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (268 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 2,405,893 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.39
Births
2,405,893
Births per 1,000 people
47.0
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
51,188,234
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
10-1421.41.7%62,042
15-19162.012.7%405,356
20-24257.120.1%579,701
25-29267.921.0%523,186
30-34243.019.0%406,141
35-39182.414.3%260,291
40-44113.88.9%138,463
45-4928.42.2%29,243
50-541.70.1%1,468