Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 2011

Nigeria
2011
Total fertility rate: 5.89
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria was 5.89 children per woman in 2011 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (262 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 7,162,528 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.89
Births
7,162,528
Births per 1,000 people
41.8
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
171,379,598
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
10-146.90.6%69,810
15-19127.810.8%1,088,546
20-24240.620.4%1,755,245
25-29262.122.2%1,692,547
30-34242.120.5%1,351,528
35-39172.514.6%775,081
40-4491.17.7%324,307
45-4934.12.9%100,083
50-542.20.2%5,382