Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 2028

Nigeria
2028
Total fertility rate: 4.01
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2028  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria is projected at 4.01 children per woman in 2028 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (195 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.1 years old. In total, 7,824,729 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
4.01
Births
7,824,729
Births per 1,000 people
31.0
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.56
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
252,346,128
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
10-141.70.2%25,587
15-1975.29.4%1,064,568
20-24185.723.2%2,317,261
25-29195.324.3%1,963,304
30-34168.321.0%1,345,713
35-39109.213.6%734,359
40-4450.56.3%292,915
45-4915.21.9%77,062
50-541.00.1%3,959