Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 1995

Nigeria
1995
Total fertility rate: 6.27
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1995  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria was 6.27 children per woman in 1995 — 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 29.3 years old. In total, 4,884,848 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.27
Births
4,884,848
Births per 1,000 people
44.1
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
110,819,428
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
10-1414.01.1%96,582
15-19136.010.8%811,008
20-24249.819.9%1,202,335
25-29286.922.9%1,123,230
30-34258.120.6%854,549
35-39178.814.3%502,630
40-4496.37.7%227,297
45-4932.22.6%63,607
50-542.10.2%3,609