Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nigeria, 2073

Nigeria
2073
Total fertility rate: 2.16
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2073  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nigeria is projected at 2.16 children per woman in 2073 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (122 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 7,576,933 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.16
Births
7,576,933
Births per 1,000 people
17.1
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
441,867,332
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
10-140.10.0%2,050
15-1926.96.2%475,185
20-24106.624.6%1,942,107
25-29122.128.2%2,211,926
30-34101.123.4%1,747,184
35-3954.112.5%877,963
40-4418.24.2%272,751
45-493.40.8%45,939
50-540.20.0%1,829