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Total fertility rate (DHS, births per woman)

4.8 births per woman Nigeria, 2024

Down 9.4% from 5.3 births per woman in 2018.

Survey estimateEach survey round

Source: The DHS Program (ICF), with the National Population Commission · Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS Program API) · FE_FRTR_W_TFR · version 3, published 2 Nov 2026 · DHS-TERMS, no commercial reuse without permission

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By state

2024 · darker means higher
Abia: 3.7 births per womanAdamawa: 5.3 births per womanAkwa Ibom: 3.3 births per womanAnambra: 3.7 births per womanBauchi: 6.2 births per womanBenue: 3.5 births per womanBorno: 6.5 births per womanBayelsa: 3.8 births per womanCross River: 3.0 births per womanDelta: 3.7 births per womanEbonyi: 4.7 births per womanEdo: 3.3 births per womanEkiti: 3.8 births per womanEnugu: 3.5 births per womanFCT, Abuja: 3.2 births per womanGombe: 5.5 births per womanImo: 4.4 births per womanJigawa: 6.9 births per womanKaduna: 5.6 births per womanKebbi: 6.6 births per womanKano: 5.8 births per womanKogi: 4.9 births per womanKatsina: 5.7 births per womanKwara: 4.0 births per womanLagos: 3.2 births per womanNasarawa: 4.3 births per womanNiger: 4.4 births per womanOgun: 4.1 births per womanOndo: 3.1 births per womanOsun: 3.3 births per womanOyo: 3.3 births per womanPlateau: 4.4 births per womanRivers: 2.9 births per womanSokoto: 5.4 births per womanTaraba: 5.2 births per womanYobe: 7.5 births per womanZamfara: 6.3 births per woman
2.9–3.33.3–3.83.8–4.74.7–5.75.7–7.5
  1. 1Yobe7.5
  2. 2Jigawa6.9
  3. 3Kebbi6.6
  4. 4Borno6.5
  5. 5Zamfara6.3
  6. 6Bauchi6.2
  7. 7Kano5.8
  8. 8Katsina5.7
  9. 9Kaduna5.6
  10. 10Gombe5.5
  11. 11Sokoto5.4
  12. 12Adamawa5.3
  13. 13Taraba5.2
  14. 14Kogi4.9
  15. 15Ebonyi4.7
  16. 16Niger4.4
  17. 17Imo4.4
  18. 18Plateau4.4
  19. 19Nasarawa4.3
  20. 20Ogun4.1
  21. 21Kwara4
  22. 22Bayelsa3.8
  23. 23Ekiti3.8
  24. 24Anambra3.7
  25. 25Delta3.7
  26. 26Abia3.7
  27. 27Enugu3.5
  28. 28Benue3.5
  29. 29Osun3.3
  30. 30Oyo3.3
  31. 31Edo3.3
  32. 32Akwa Ibom3.3
  33. 33FCT, Abuja3.2
  34. 34Lagos3.2
  35. 35Ondo3.1
  36. 36Cross River3
  37. 37Rivers2.9

Black line: Nigeria overall, 4.8 births per woman.

Who is behind the national figure

2024 · black line: Nigeria overall
Urban or rural
Urban
3.9
Rural
5.6
Wealth group
Poorest fifth
6.6
Second fifth
5.7
Middle fifth
4.8
Fourth fifth
4
Richest fifth
3.3
Education level
No education
6.3
Primary
5.3
Secondary
4.1
More than secondary
3

Source: The DHS Program (ICF), with the National Population Commission, Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS Program API) (NG2024DHS), version 3. Survey estimates have margins of error; groups whose bars are close may not differ. Download breakdowns (CSV)

How we know

Definition
Average number of children a woman would have at current age-specific fertility rates, for the three years before the survey.
Type of figure
Survey estimate. Estimated from a household survey, so it has a margin of error. Where the survey publishes one, the 95% confidence interval is shown.
Updated
Each survey round
Source
The DHS Program (ICF), with the National Population Commission, Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS Program API) (DHS:FE_FRTR_W_TFR)
Licence
DHS-TERMS
Version
Dataset dhs-nigeria-states, version 3, published 2 November 2026
Cite this
The DHS Program (ICF), with the National Population Commission, Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS Program API), indicator DHS:FE_FRTR_W_TFR. Retrieved via DataNigeria (dataset dhs-nigeria-states, version 3, published 2 November 2026). Licence: DHS-TERMS.

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All years

YearValue
20244.8 births per woman
20185.3 births per woman
20135.5 births per woman
20085.7 births per woman
20035.7 births per woman
19906.0 births per woman