Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 2002

Nigeria
2002
Total fertility rate: 6.12
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria was 6.12 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (271 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 5,848,982 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.12
Births
5,848,982
Births per 1,000 people
43.8
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
133,471,988
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
10-1413.21.1%104,203
15-19133.610.9%931,699
20-24234.119.1%1,438,824
25-29271.222.1%1,373,248
30-34253.020.7%1,021,643
35-39185.515.1%619,422
40-44100.18.2%280,999
45-4931.92.6%75,036
50-542.00.2%3,907