Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 2007

Nigeria
2007
Total fertility rate: 6.03
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria was 6.03 children per woman in 2007 — 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, 6,574,697 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.03
Births
6,574,697
Births per 1,000 people
42.9
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
153,267,261
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
10-148.90.7%79,950
15-19127.210.5%976,691
20-24233.619.4%1,583,106
25-29269.922.4%1,606,047
30-34249.720.7%1,217,120
35-39181.115.0%699,897
40-4498.18.1%311,523
45-4935.93.0%95,232
50-542.30.2%5,130