Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 2003

Nigeria
2003
Total fertility rate: 6.10
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria was 6.10 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (269 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 5,997,118 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.10
Births
5,997,118
Births per 1,000 people
43.7
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
137,202,644
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
10-1412.81.1%103,539
15-19135.611.1%960,495
20-24230.618.9%1,451,946
25-29269.322.0%1,417,554
30-34253.420.7%1,059,811
35-39183.415.0%628,720
40-44102.18.4%293,636
45-4932.12.6%77,412
50-542.00.2%4,005