Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 1998

Nigeria
1998
Total fertility rate: 6.07
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria was 6.07 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (276 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 5,179,498 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.07
Births
5,179,498
Births per 1,000 people
43.2
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
119,846,254
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
10-1413.71.1%99,587
15-19129.010.6%834,289
20-24242.420.0%1,313,817
25-29276.522.8%1,197,390
30-34250.820.6%896,333
35-39177.414.6%536,145
40-4489.87.4%228,969
45-4932.72.7%69,115
50-542.10.2%3,855