Fertility in Nigeria, 2050

Nigeria
2050
Total fertility rate: 2.66
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2050 2020, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2050  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria is projected at 2.66 children per woman in 2050 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (141 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.7 years old. In total, 8,080,118 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.66
Births
8,080,118
Births per 1,000 people
22.5
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
359,185,556
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
10-140.30.1%6,077
15-1942.17.9%723,495
20-24134.725.3%2,262,465
25-29140.826.4%2,204,779
30-34115.021.6%1,648,349
35-3966.712.5%880,719
40-4426.55.0%295,603
45-496.41.2%56,240
50-540.40.1%2,394