Fertility in Nigeria, 2040

Nigeria
2040
Total fertility rate: 3.10
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2040 2010, 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   2040  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria is projected at 3.10 children per woman in 2040 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (158 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 8,226,065 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.10
Births
8,226,065
Births per 1,000 people
26.3
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
312,710,416
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
10-140.60.1%10,750
15-1953.38.6%827,803
20-24153.224.6%2,336,106
25-29158.425.5%2,314,928
30-34132.021.2%1,636,892
35-3980.512.9%785,579
40-4434.15.5%254,993
45-499.01.5%56,211
50-540.50.1%2,804