Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 2041

Nigeria
2041
Total fertility rate: 3.04
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2041  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria is projected at 3.04 children per woman in 2041 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (156 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 8,211,810 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
3.04
Births
8,211,810
Births per 1,000 people
25.9
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
317,607,244
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
10-140.60.1%10,108
15-1951.98.5%817,565
20-24150.924.7%2,303,392
25-29156.025.6%2,309,222
30-34129.721.3%1,654,700
35-3978.712.9%801,204
40-4433.25.4%257,538
45-498.71.4%55,354
50-540.50.1%2,730