Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 2014

Nigeria
2014
Total fertility rate: 5.62
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria was 5.62 children per woman in 2014 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (255 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 7,415,859 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.62
Births
7,415,859
Births per 1,000 people
39.9
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
185,896,915
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
10-145.90.5%66,117
15-19123.611.0%1,147,936
20-24235.220.9%1,849,316
25-29255.022.7%1,733,672
30-34229.120.4%1,376,326
35-39161.214.3%812,710
40-4482.27.3%325,766
45-4931.12.8%98,765
50-542.00.2%5,252