Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 1993

Nigeria
1993
Total fertility rate: 6.35
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1993  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria was 6.35 children per woman in 1993 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (287 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 4,636,869 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.35
Births
4,636,869
Births per 1,000 people
44.1
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
105,122,069
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
10-1416.11.3%106,302
15-19134.610.6%747,974
20-24252.919.9%1,124,951
25-29286.622.6%1,058,519
30-34258.020.3%811,500
35-39183.414.4%490,027
40-44104.48.2%232,865
45-4932.02.5%61,342
50-542.10.2%3,389