Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 2044

Nigeria
2044
Total fertility rate: 2.89
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2044  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria is projected at 2.89 children per woman in 2044 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (150 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 8,172,186 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.89
Births
8,172,186
Births per 1,000 people
24.6
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
331,983,358
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
10-140.50.1%8,479
15-1948.28.3%785,324
20-24144.624.9%2,260,291
25-29149.925.9%2,257,024
30-34123.921.4%1,691,745
35-3973.912.7%842,074
40-4430.75.3%271,338
45-497.81.3%53,357
50-540.40.1%2,556