Fertility in Nigeria, 2035

Nigeria
2035
Total fertility rate: 3.41
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2035 2005, 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   2035  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria is projected at 3.41 children per woman in 2035 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (171 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 8,162,901 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.41
Births
8,162,901
Births per 1,000 people
28.4
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.35
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
287,685,763
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
10-140.90.1%14,590
15-1961.99.0%929,031
20-24164.924.1%2,445,194
25-29171.225.0%2,237,782
30-34144.621.1%1,495,569
35-3990.113.2%714,690
40-4439.65.8%260,460
45-4911.11.6%62,330
50-540.70.1%3,252