Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 2032

Nigeria
2032
Total fertility rate: 3.65
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2032  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria is projected at 3.65 children per woman in 2032 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (181 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 8,059,354 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.65
Births
8,059,354
Births per 1,000 people
29.6
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.44
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
272,483,642
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
10-141.20.2%18,415
15-1967.39.2%1,006,224
20-24173.623.7%2,430,332
25-29181.124.7%2,144,097
30-34154.321.1%1,401,574
35-3997.713.3%715,279
40-4443.96.0%271,742
45-4912.61.7%68,114
50-540.80.1%3,578