Fertility in Nigeria, 2030

Nigeria
2030
Total fertility rate: 3.82
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2030 2000, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2030  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria is projected at 3.82 children per woman in 2030 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (188 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 7,944,601 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.82
Births
7,944,601
Births per 1,000 people
30.3
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.50
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
262,380,970
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
10-141.40.2%21,774
15-1971.09.3%1,041,358
20-24179.523.4%2,385,134
25-29187.924.5%2,057,364
30-34160.921.0%1,359,183
35-39103.213.5%722,125
40-4447.06.1%281,171
45-4913.91.8%72,704
50-540.90.1%3,785