Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 2006

Nigeria
2006
Total fertility rate: 6.05
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria was 6.05 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (270 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 6,435,928 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.05
Births
6,435,928
Births per 1,000 people
43.2
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
149,077,334
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
10-149.90.8%86,260
15-19130.210.7%976,565
20-24231.819.1%1,546,357
25-29270.222.3%1,566,795
30-34249.420.6%1,170,031
35-39183.115.1%684,686
40-44100.38.3%310,599
45-4934.72.9%89,889
50-542.20.2%4,745