Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 2027

Nigeria
2027
Total fertility rate: 4.10
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2027  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria is projected at 4.10 children per woman in 2027 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (199 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.1 years old. In total, 7,764,061 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.10
Births
7,764,061
Births per 1,000 people
31.4
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.59
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
247,374,263
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
10-141.80.2%27,515
15-1977.49.4%1,072,056
20-24188.823.0%2,273,909
25-29199.124.2%1,919,899
30-34172.221.0%1,345,825
35-39112.513.7%741,630
40-4452.36.4%300,183
45-4916.01.9%79,033
50-541.00.1%4,013