Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 2012

Nigeria
2012
Total fertility rate: 5.80
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria was 5.80 children per woman in 2012 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (258 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 7,244,727 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.80
Births
7,244,727
Births per 1,000 people
41.1
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
176,200,624
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
10-146.80.6%71,102
15-19127.611.0%1,118,966
20-24238.720.6%1,783,528
25-29258.322.3%1,696,978
30-34236.220.4%1,354,478
35-39168.414.5%787,223
40-4488.97.7%327,165
45-4933.22.9%99,931
50-542.10.2%5,354