Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 2042

Nigeria
2042
Total fertility rate: 2.99
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria is projected at 2.99 children per woman in 2042 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (154 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 8,196,614 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.99
Births
8,196,614
Births per 1,000 people
25.4
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
322,450,309
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%9,515
15-1950.68.4%806,882
20-24148.624.8%2,279,941
25-29153.825.7%2,296,110
30-34127.621.3%1,669,890
35-3977.012.8%815,785
40-4432.45.4%261,285
45-498.41.4%54,543
50-540.50.1%2,664