Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 2031

Nigeria
2031
Total fertility rate: 3.73
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2031  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria is projected at 3.73 children per woman in 2031 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (184 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 8,000,667 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.73
Births
8,000,667
Births per 1,000 people
29.9
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.47
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
267,421,074
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
10-141.30.2%19,999
15-1969.19.2%1,024,891
20-24176.423.6%2,409,497
25-29184.424.6%2,101,487
30-34157.521.0%1,376,481
35-39100.313.4%718,161
40-4445.46.1%276,095
45-4913.21.8%70,375
50-540.80.1%3,679