Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 2046

Nigeria
2046
Total fertility rate: 2.80
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2046  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria is projected at 2.80 children per woman in 2046 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (146 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 8,139,254 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.80
Births
8,139,254
Births per 1,000 people
23.8
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
341,281,763
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
10-140.40.1%7,570
15-1946.08.2%763,981
20-24141.025.1%2,263,538
25-29146.526.0%2,208,910
30-34120.521.4%1,696,227
35-3971.212.7%861,586
40-4429.15.2%281,348
45-497.31.3%53,611
50-540.40.1%2,478