Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 2054

Nigeria
2054
Total fertility rate: 2.54
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2054  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Nigeria is projected at 2.54 children per woman in 2054 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (136 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.7 years old. In total, 8,030,698 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.54
Births
8,030,698
Births per 1,000 people
21.3
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
376,177,420
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%4,904
15-1938.87.6%681,479
20-24129.125.4%2,249,394
25-29136.126.8%2,239,811
30-34111.221.9%1,636,761
35-3963.012.4%858,072
40-4424.34.8%299,900
45-495.61.1%57,893
50-540.30.1%2,481