Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 2037

Nigeria
2037
Total fertility rate: 3.27
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2037  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria is projected at 3.27 children per woman in 2037 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (166 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 8,204,968 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.27
Births
8,204,968
Births per 1,000 people
27.6
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
297,773,244
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
10-140.80.1%12,909
15-1958.28.8%877,395
20-24159.924.3%2,420,143
25-29165.625.2%2,281,777
30-34139.121.2%1,558,739
35-3986.113.1%735,396
40-4437.15.6%256,128
45-4910.21.5%59,455
50-540.60.1%3,029