Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 1994

Nigeria
1994
Total fertility rate: 6.32
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1994  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria was 6.32 children per woman in 1994 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (289 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 4,748,227 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.32
Births
4,748,227
Births per 1,000 people
44.0
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
107,935,714
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
10-1415.31.2%103,598
15-19131.810.4%760,078
20-24248.419.7%1,147,783
25-29288.722.9%1,096,710
30-34260.520.6%840,314
35-39182.814.5%500,990
40-44101.28.0%232,325
45-4932.32.6%62,876
50-542.20.2%3,551