Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 2048

Nigeria
2048
Total fertility rate: 2.72
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2048  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria is projected at 2.72 children per woman in 2048 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (143 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.7 years old. In total, 8,101,318 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.72
Births
8,101,318
Births per 1,000 people
23.1
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
350,347,769
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%6,765
15-1943.98.0%743,130
20-24137.625.2%2,262,342
25-29143.326.2%2,190,977
30-34117.421.5%1,677,630
35-3968.812.6%873,938
40-4427.75.1%289,374
45-496.81.3%54,767
50-540.40.1%2,396