Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 2053

Nigeria
2053
Total fertility rate: 2.57
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2053  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria is projected at 2.57 children per woman in 2053 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (137 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.7 years old. In total, 8,051,077 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.57
Births
8,051,077
Births per 1,000 people
21.6
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
372,023,922
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%5,178
15-1939.67.7%692,883
20-24130.625.4%2,256,793
25-29137.326.7%2,235,038
30-34112.221.8%1,632,928
35-3963.912.4%867,888
40-4424.84.8%300,160
45-495.81.1%57,742
50-540.30.1%2,465