Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 1997

Nigeria
1997
Total fertility rate: 6.14
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria was 6.14 children per woman in 1997 — 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 29.4 years old. In total, 5,079,895 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.14
Births
5,079,895
Births per 1,000 people
43.5
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
116,754,792
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
10-1414.31.2%101,936
15-19129.510.5%817,128
20-24245.520.0%1,279,401
25-29281.322.9%1,175,870
30-34254.620.7%886,298
35-39177.014.4%522,158
40-4490.47.4%224,591
45-4933.32.7%68,565
50-542.20.2%3,948