Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
4.4 births per woman Nigeria, 2024
Down 2.2% from 4.5 births per woman in 2023.
International estimateYearly
Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN · version 3, published 2 Nov 2026 · CC-BY-4.0
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How we know
- Definition
- Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.
- Type of figure
- International estimate. Estimated by an international organisation from several national sources.
- Updated
- Yearly
- Compiled from
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN); Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT)
- Source
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (SP.DYN.TFRT.IN)
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- Version
- Dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026
- Cite this
- World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.DYN.TFRT.IN. Retrieved via DataNigeria (dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026). Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
All years
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.4 births per woman |
| 2023 | 4.5 births per woman |
| 2022 | 4.6 births per woman |
| 2021 | 4.6 births per woman |
| 2020 | 4.7 births per woman |
| 2019 | 4.9 births per woman |
| 2018 | 5.0 births per woman |
| 2017 | 5.2 births per woman |
| 2016 | 5.3 births per woman |
| 2015 | 5.5 births per woman |
| 2014 | 5.6 births per woman |
| 2013 | 5.7 births per woman |
| 2012 | 5.8 births per woman |
| 2011 | 5.9 births per woman |
| 2010 | 5.9 births per woman |
| 2009 | 6.0 births per woman |
| 2008 | 6.0 births per woman |
| 2007 | 6.0 births per woman |
| 2006 | 6.1 births per woman |
| 2005 | 6.1 births per woman |
| 2004 | 6.1 births per woman |
| 2003 | 6.1 births per woman |
| 2002 | 6.1 births per woman |
| 2001 | 6.1 births per woman |
| 2000 | 6.1 births per woman |
| 1999 | 6.1 births per woman |
| 1998 | 6.1 births per woman |
| 1997 | 6.1 births per woman |
| 1996 | 6.2 births per woman |
| 1995 | 6.3 births per woman |
| 1994 | 6.3 births per woman |
| 1993 | 6.4 births per woman |
| 1992 | 6.4 births per woman |
| 1991 | 6.4 births per woman |
| 1990 | 6.5 births per woman |
| 1989 | 6.5 births per woman |
| 1988 | 6.5 births per woman |
| 1987 | 6.5 births per woman |
| 1986 | 6.6 births per woman |
| 1985 | 6.6 births per woman |
| 1984 | 6.7 births per woman |
| 1983 | 6.8 births per woman |
| 1982 | 6.8 births per woman |
| 1981 | 6.8 births per woman |
| 1980 | 6.8 births per woman |
| 1979 | 6.9 births per woman |
| 1978 | 6.9 births per woman |
| 1977 | 6.9 births per woman |
| 1976 | 6.8 births per woman |
| 1975 | 6.8 births per woman |
| 1974 | 6.7 births per woman |
| 1973 | 6.6 births per woman |
| 1972 | 6.6 births per woman |
| 1971 | 6.5 births per woman |
| 1970 | 6.5 births per woman |
| 1969 | 6.4 births per woman |
| 1968 | 6.4 births per woman |
| 1967 | 6.4 births per woman |
| 1966 | 6.4 births per woman |
| 1965 | 6.4 births per woman |
| 1964 | 6.4 births per woman |
| 1963 | 6.3 births per woman |
| 1962 | 6.4 births per woman |
| 1961 | 6.4 births per woman |
| 1960 | 6.4 births per woman |