Fertility in Nigeria, 2055

Nigeria
2055
Total fertility rate: 2.51
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2055  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria is projected at 2.51 children per woman in 2055 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (135 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.7 years old. In total, 8,017,096 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.51
Births
8,017,096
Births per 1,000 people
21.1
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
380,268,493
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%4,646
15-1938.07.6%670,341
20-24127.725.4%2,242,668
25-29135.026.8%2,246,321
30-34110.321.9%1,645,715
35-3962.212.4%847,842
40-4423.84.7%299,126
45-495.41.1%57,937
50-540.30.1%2,498