Fertility in Nigeria, 2060

Nigeria
2060
Total fertility rate: 2.39
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2060 2030, 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   2060  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria is projected at 2.39 children per woman in 2060 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (131 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.7 years old. In total, 7,958,840 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.39
Births
7,958,840
Births per 1,000 people
19.9
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
399,785,267
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
10-140.20.0%3,596
15-1934.67.2%612,446
20-24121.625.4%2,193,835
25-29130.627.2%2,273,147
30-34106.622.2%1,692,504
35-3959.312.4%843,327
40-4421.64.5%281,219
45-494.71.0%56,296
50-540.20.1%2,470