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==Vital statistics== [[File:Nigeria Population 1950-2021 Forecast 2022-2032 UN World Population Prospects 2022.svg|thumb|350px|Demographics development according to the United Nations]] Registration of vital events in Nigeria is not complete. The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates (''UN World Population Prospects 2022'').<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Population Prospects β Population Division β United Nations |url=https://population.un.org/wpp/Download/Standard/MostUsed/ |access-date=11 July 2022 |publisher=United Nations |archive-date=11 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711213112/https://population.un.org/wpp/Download/Standard/MostUsed/ |url-status=live }}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;" |- ! width="70" |Period ! Population per year ! width="70" |Live births per year ! width="70" |Deaths per year ! width="70" |Natural change per year ! width="70" |CBR* ! width="70" |CDR* ! width="70" |NC* ! width="70" |TFR* ! width="70" |IMR* |- |1950 |36 836 000 |1,697,000 |1,010,000 | 687,000 |45.6 |27.1 |18.5 |6.42 |184.0 |- |1951 |37 543 000 | 1,731,000 | 1,028,000 | 702,000 |45.7 |27.1 |18.5 |6.42 |183.2 |- |1952 |38 263 000 | 1,760,000 | 1,044,000 | 716,000 |45.6 |27.0 |18.5 |6.39 |181.6 |- |1953 |38 986 000 | 1,797,000 | 1,056,000 | 741,000 |45.7 |26.8 |18.8 |6.40 |180.4 |- |1954 |39 710 000 | 1,831,000 | 1,074,000 | 757 000 |45.7 |26.8 |18.9 |6.40 |179.0 |- |1955 |40 455 000 | 1,869,000 | 1,088,000 | 781,000 |45.7 |26.6 |19.1 |6.40 |177.9 |- |1956 |41 223 000 | 1,909,000 | 1,109,000 | 800,000 |45.8 |26.6 |19.2 |6.41 |176.9 |- |1957 |42 010 000 | 1,948,000 | 1,124,000 | 824,000 |45.9 |26.5 |19.4 |6.40 |176.0 |- |1958 |42 817 000 | 1,988,000 | 1,145,000 | 843,000 |46.0 |26.5 |19.5 |6.39 |175.1 |- |1959 |43 613 000 | 2,026,000 | 1,159,000 | 866,000 |46.0 |26.3 |19.7 |6.38 |173.8 |- |1960 |44 476 000 | 2,072,000 | 1,179,000 | 893,000 |46.1 |26.2 |19.9 |6.36 |172.4 |- |1961 |45 381 000 | 2,120,000 | 1,192,000 | 928,000 |46.2 |26.0 |20.2 |6.35 |171.0 |- |1962 |46 330 000 | 2,174,000 | 1,214,000 | 960,000 |46.4 |25.9 |20.5 |6.36 |169.6 |- |1963 |47 314 000 | 2,220,000 | 1,224,000 | 996,000 |46.4 |25.6 |20.8 |6.35 |167.2 |- |1964 |48 332 000 | 2,270,000 | 1,242,000 | 1,028,000 |46.5 |25.4 |21.0 |6.36 |165.9 |- |1965 |49 381 000 | 2,320,000 | 1,258,000 | 1,061,000 |46.5 |25.2 |21.3 |6.37 |165.0 |- |1966 |50 471 000 | 2,373,000 | 1,281,000 | 1,092,000 |46.5 |25.1 |21.4 |6.39 |164.2 |- |1967 |51 570 000 | 2,424,000 | 1,365,000 | 1,059,000 |46.5 |26.2 |20.3 |6.40 |165.8 |- |1968 |52 643 000 | 2,478,000 | 1,349,000 | 1,129,000 |46.6 |25.4 |21.2 |6.42 |163.6 |- |1969 |53 577 000 | 2,533,000 | 1,367,000 | 1,166,000 |46.6 |25.2 |21.4 |6.44 |162.6 |- |1970 |54 945 000 | 2,595,000 | 1,353,000 | 1,241,000 |46.7 |24.3 |22.3 |6.47 |160.7 |- |1971 |56 194 000 | 2,671,000 | 1,348,000 | 1,323,000 |47.0 |23.7 |23.3 |6.53 |156.9 |- |1972 |57 481 000 | 2,741,000 | 1,343,000 | 1,398,000 |47.1 |23.1 |24.0 |6.58 |153.0 |- |1973 |58 866 000 | 2,819,000 | 1,341,000 | 1,479,000 |47.3 |22.5 |24.8 |6.63 |149.0 |- |1974 |60 344 000 | 2,922,000 | 1,340,000 | 1,583,000 |47.8 |21.9 |25.9 |6.70 |144.9 |- |1975 |61 971 000 | 3,021,000 | 1,336,000 | 1,684,000 |48.1 |21.3 |26.8 |6.77 |141.0 |- |1976 |63 731 000 | 3,106,000 | 1,324,000 | 1,781,000 |48.1 |20.5 |27.6 |6.81 |137.2 |- |1977 |65 585 000 | 3,203,000 | 1,323,000 | 1,880,000 |48.1 |19.9 |28.2 |6.86 |133.8 |- |1978 |67 594 000 | 3,308,000 | 1,340,000 | 1,968,000 |style="color:blue"|48.2 |19.5 |style="color:blue"|28.7 |style="color:blue"|6.92 |130.7 |- |1979 |69 673 000 | 3,385,000 | 1,367,000 | 2,017,000 |47.9 |19.3 |28.5 |6.89 |128.1 |- |1980 |71 828 000 | 3,460,000 | 1,397,000 | 2,063,000 |47.5 |19.2 |28.3 |6.85 |126.1 |- |1981 |74 075 000 | 3,537,000 | 1,426,000 | 2,111,000 |47.1 |19.0 |28.1 |6.82 |124.4 |- |1982 |76 276 000 | 3,613,000 | 1,462,000 | 2,151,000 |46.7 |18.9 |27.8 |6.80 |123.5 |- |1983 |78 500 000 | 3,704,000 | 1,494,000 | 2,210,000 |46.5 |18.8 |27.8 |6.78 |123.1 |- |1984 |80 203 000 | 3,726,000 | 1,524,000 | 2,202,000 |45.8 |18.7 |27.1 |6.70 |123.2 |- |1985 |82 472 000 | 3,777,000 | 1,571,000 | 2,206,000 |45.2 |18.8 |26.4 |6.62 |123.5 |- |1986 |84 698 000 | 3,824,000 | 1,624,000 | 2,200,000 |44.6 |18.9 |25.6 |6.56 |123.9 |- |1987 |86 910 000 | 3,884,000 | 1,656,000 | 2,228,000 |44.1 |18.8 |25.3 |6.50 |124.3 |- |1988 |89 178 000 | 3,963,000 | 1,689,000 | 2,274,000 |43.9 |18.7 |25.2 |6.50 |124.6 |- |1989 |91 525 000 | 4,080,000 | 1,723,000 | 2,357,000 |44.0 |18.6 |25.4 |6.49 |124.6 |- |1990 |93 963 000 | 4,168,000 | 1,773,000 | 2,395,000 |43.8 |18.6 |25.2 |6.46 |124.5 |- |1991 |96 465 000 | 4,266,000 | 1,839,000 | 2,428,000 |43.7 |18.8 |24.9 |6.43 |124.4 |- |1992 |98 906 000 | 4,373,000 | 1,884,000 | 2,489,000 |43.7 |18.8 |24.9 |6.39 |123.9 |- |1993 |101 458 000 | 4,495,000 | 1,922,000 | 2,573,000 |43.7 |18.7 |25.0 |6.35 |123.4 |- |1994 |104 092 000 | 4,619,000 | 1,989,000 | 2,629,000 |43.8 |18.9 |24.9 |6.32 |122.6 |- |1995 |106 820 000 | 4,732,000 | 2,040,000 | 2,692,000 |43.7 |18.9 |24.9 |6.27 |121.6 |- |1996 |109 555 000 | 4,828,000 | 2,081,000 | 2,747,000 |43.5 |18.8 |24.8 |6.22 |120.3 |- |1997 |112 357 000 | 4,910,000 | 2,108,000 | 2,801,000 |43.2 |18.5 |24.6 |6.14 |118.4 |- |1998 |115 225 000 | 5,002,000 | 2,134,000 | 2,868,000 |42.9 |18.3 |24.6 |6.07 |116.2 |- |1999 |118 156 000 | 5,177,000 | 2,138,000 | 3,039,000 |43.2 |17.9 |25.4 |6.08 |113.7 |- |2000 |121 235 000 | 5,345,000 | 2,146,000 | 3,199,000 |43.5 |17.5 |26.0 |6.12 |110.9 |- |2001 |124 468 000 | 5,496,000 | 2,165,000 | 3,331,000 |43.6 |17.2 |26.4 |6.14 |108.1 |- |2002 |127 837 000 | 5,645,000 | 2,192,000 | 3,453,000 |43.6 |16.9 |26.6 |6.14 |105.2 |- |2003 |131 329 000 | 5,779,000 | 2,202,000 | 3,577,000 |43.4 |16.5 |26.9 |6.12 |102.3 |- |2004 |134 910 000 | 5,902,000 | 2,225,000 | 3,676,000 |43.2 |16.3 |26.9 |6.09 |99.5 |- |2005 |138,603,000 | 6,054,000 | 2,232,000 | 3,822,000 |43.1 |15.9 |27.2 |6.07 |96.6 |- |2006 |142,378,000 | 6,191,000 | 2,247,000 | 3,945,000 |42.9 |15.6 |27.3 |6.08 |94.0 |- |2007 |146,281,000 | 6,337,000 | 2,273,000 | 4,064,000 |42.7 |15.3 |27.4 |6.08 |91.7 |- |2008 |150,307,000 | 6,506,000 | 2,311,000 | 4,195,000 |42.7 |15.2 |27.5 |6.08 |89.6 |- |2009 |154,458,000 | 6,645,000 | 2,321,000 | 4,323,000 |42.4 |14.8 |27.6 |6.04 |87.8 |- |2010 |158,733,000 | 6,776,000 | 2,355,000 | 4,421,000 |42.1 |14.6 |27.5 |5.98 |86.4 |- |2011 |163,173,000 | 6,916,000 | 2,372,000 | 4,544,000 |41.8 |14.3 |27.5 |5.92 |85.1 |- |2012 |167,755,000 | 7,014,000 | 2,414,000 | 4,600,000 |41.2 |14.2 |27.0 |5.83 |84.0 |- |2013 |172,397,000 | 7,095,000 | 2,447,000 | 4,648,000 |40.6 |14.0 |26.6 |5.74 |83.1 |- |2014 |177,055,000 | 7,189,000 | 2,493,000 | 4,697,000 |40.1 |13.9 |26.2 |5.66 |82.4 |- |2015 |181,703,000 | 7,273,000 | 2,541,000 | 4,732,000 |39.5 |13.8 |25.7 |5.62 |81.6 |- |2016 |186,289,000 | 7,384,000 | 2,574,000 | 4,810,000 |39.1 |13.6 |25.5 |5.58 |80.6 |- |2017 |191,045,000 | 7,487,000 | 2,600,000 | 4,887,000 |38.7 |13.4 |25.3 |5.52 |79.4 |- |2018 |195,947,000 | 7,590,000 | 2,627,000 | 4,963,000 |38.2 |13.2 |25.0 |5.45 |77.9 |- |2019 |200,828,000 | 7,698,000 | 2,642,000 | 5,056,000 |37.8 |13.0 |24.9 |5.38 |76.3 |- |2020 |205,781,000 |style="color:blue"|7,806,000 | 2,708,000 |style="color:blue"|5,098,000 |37.5 |13.0 |24.5 |5.31 |74.7 |- |2021 |218,529,000 | 7,331,000 | 2,689,000 | 4,556,000 |33.5 |12.3 |20.9 ||4.64 |73.0 |- |2022 |223,151,000 | 7,407,000 | 2,667,000 | 4,688,000 | 33.2 |12.0 |21.0 |4.55 |71.2 |- |2023 |style="color:blue"|227,883,000 |7,510,000 | 2,675,000 | 4,776,000 |style="color:red"|33.0 |style="color:blue"|11.7 |21.0 |style="color:red" |4.48 |69.5 |- | colspan="10" align="left" | * <small> CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)</small> |} ===Demographic and Health Surveys=== [[Total fertility rate]] (TFR) (Wanted TFR) and [[crude birth rate]] (CBR):<ref>{{cite web |url=http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/dhs#_r=&collection=&country=&dtype=&from=1890&page=12&ps=&sk=&sort_by=nation&sort_order=&to=2014&topic=&view=s&vk= |title=MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys |publisher=World Bank |access-date=29 August 2017 |archive-date=15 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115005515/http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/dhs#_r=&collection=&country=&dtype=&from=1890&page=12&ps=&sk=&sort_by=nation&sort_order=&to=2014&topic=&view=s&vk= |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prb.org/Articles/2006/IntheNewsTheNigerianCensus.aspx |title=In the News: The Nigerian Census |website=Prb.org |access-date=29 August 2017 |archive-date=25 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225080258/http://www.prb.org/Articles/2006/IntheNewsTheNigerianCensus.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessmonitor.com/bigdb_data/by_date/2013/no_month_day/story-Nigeria-Economy-2013-04-17-09-29-12.gif |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615223428/http://www.businessmonitor.com/bigdb_data/by_date/2013/no_month_day/story-Nigeria-Economy-2013-04-17-09-29-12.gif |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 June 2013 |format=GIF |title=Map of Central Africa |website=Businessmonitor.com |access-date=29 August 2017 }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2127.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613002952/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2127.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 June 2007 |work=The World Factbook |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |title=FIELD LISTING :: TOTAL FERTILITY RATE |access-date=14 July 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.CBRT.IN?end=2016&locations=NG&start=1960 |title=Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) |publisher=[[World Bank Group]] |access-date=15 July 2018 |archive-date=15 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715064423/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.CBRT.IN?end=2016&locations=NG&start=1960 |url-status=live }}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! rowspan=2| Year ! colspan=2| Total ! colspan=2| Urban ! colspan=2| Rural |- ! CBR !! TFR ! CBR !! TFR ! CBR !! TFR |- | 1960 | style="text-align:right;"| 47 | style="text-align:right;"| 6.35 | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| |- | 1965β66 | style="text-align:right;"| 45.9 | style="text-align:right;"| 6.44 | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| |- | 1967β69 | style="text-align:right;"| 46.1 | style="text-align:right;"| 6.42 | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| |- | 1970 | style="text-align:right;"| 46.3 | style="text-align:right;"| 6.47 | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| |- | 1971β73 | style="text-align:right;"| 46.7 | style="text-align:right;"| 6.57 | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| |- | 1975 | style="text-align:right;"| 47.2 | style="text-align:right;"| 6.71 | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| |- | 1978β82 | style="text-align:right;"| 47 | style="text-align:right;"| 6.78 | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| |- | 1978β80 | style="text-align:right;"| 47 | style="text-align:right;"| 6.76 | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| |- | 1981β82 | style="text-align:right;"| 46.68 | style="text-align:right;"| 6.78 | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| |- | 1983β86 | style="text-align:right;"| 45.67 | style="text-align:right;"| 6.7 | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| |- | 1987β90 | style="text-align:right;"| 45.9 | style="text-align:right;"| 6.57 | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| |- | 1990 | style="text-align:right;"| 44.2 | style="text-align:right;"| 6.49 (5.8) | style="text-align:right;"| 34 | style="text-align:right;"| 5.033 (4.8) | style="text-align:right;"| 40 | style="text-align:right;"| 6.326 (6.1) |- | 1999 | style="text-align:right;"| 43.2 | style="text-align:right;"| 6.13 | style="text-align:right;"| 35.6 | style="text-align:right;"| 4.50 | style="text-align:right;"| 38.5 | style="text-align:right;"| 5.44 |- | 2003 | style="text-align:right;"| 42.8 | style="text-align:right;"| 6.04 (5.3) | style="text-align:right;"| 36.3 | style="text-align:right;"| 4.9 (4.6) | style="text-align:right;"| 44.5 | style="text-align:right;"| 6.1 (5.7) |- | 2004β07 | style="text-align:right;"| 42.4 | style="text-align:right;"| 5.97 | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| |- | 2008 | style="text-align:right;"| 41.8 | style="text-align:right;"| 5.9 (5.3) | style="text-align:right;"| 36.8 | style="text-align:right;"| 4.7 (4.4) | style="text-align:right;"| 42.5 | style="text-align:right;"| 6.3 (5.8) |- | 2013 | style="text-align:right;"| 40.2 | style="text-align:right;"| 5.5 (4.8) | style="text-align:right;"| 35 | style="text-align:right;"| 4.7 (4.1) | style="text-align:right;"| 42 | style="text-align:right;"| 6.2 (5.3) |- | 2014β15 | style="text-align:right;"| 39.5 | style="text-align:right;"| 5.57 | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| |- | 2018<ref>https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR359/FR359.pdf</ref> | style="text-align:right;"|38 | style="text-align:right;"|5.3 (4.8) | style="text-align:right;"|34 | style="text-align:right;"|4.5 (4.0) | style="text-align:right;"|42 | style="text-align:right;"|5.9 (5.4) |- |2021<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey Nigeria p. 23 |url=https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/media/6126/file/2021%20MICS%20Statistical%20Snapshots%20Report.pdf |access-date=5 September 2022 |publisher=UNICEF |archive-date=1 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901110855/https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/media/6126/file/2021%20MICS%20Statistical%20Snapshots%20Report.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> | | style="text-align:right;"|4.8 | | | | |- |2023-24<ref>https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/PR157/PR157.pdf</ref> | style="text-align:right;"|33 | style="text-align:right;"|4.8 | style="text-align:right;"|29 | style="text-align:right;"|3.9 | style="text-align:right;"|38 | style="text-align:right;"|5.6 |- |} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! width="70"|Year ! width="90" |[[Total fertility rate|TFR]] |- | align="right" | 1981β1982 | align="right" | 6.8 |- | align="right" | 1990 | align="right" | 6.4 |- | align="right" | 2003 | align="right" | 6.0 |- | align="right" | 2008 | align="right" | 5.9 |- | align="right" | 2013 | align="right" | 5.7 |- | align="right" | 2018 | align="right" | 5.3 |- | align="right" |2021 | align="right" |4.8 |- | align="right" |2023-24 | align="right" |4.8 |- |} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Variable ! width="50" |TFR (Wanted TFR) (2003) ! width="50" |TFR (Wanted TFR) (2008) ! width="50" |TFR (Wanted TFR) (2013) ! width="50" |TFR (Wanted TFR) (2018) ! width="50" |TFR (Wanted TFR) (2023-24) |- | '''Nigeria''' | align="right" | '''5.7 (5.3)''' | align="right" | '''5.7 (5.3)''' | align="right" | '''5.5 (4.8)''' | align="right" | '''5.3 (4.8)''' | align="right" | '''4.8''' |- | Urban | align="right" | 4.9 (4.6) | align="right" | 4.7 (4.4) | align="right" | 4.7 (4.1) | align="right" | 4.5 (4.0) | align="right" | 3.9 |- | Rural | align="right" | 6.1 (5.7) | align="right" | 6.3 (5.8) | align="right" | 6.2 (5.3) | align="right" | 5.9 (5.4) | align="right" | 5.6 |- | Region β North Central | align="right" | 5.7 | align="right" | 5.4 | align="right" | 5.3 | align="right" | 5.0 (4.7) | align="right" | 4.2 |- | Region β North East | align="right" | 7.0 | align="right" | 7.2 | align="right" | 6.3 | align="right" | 6.1 (5.6) | align="right" | 6.1 |- | Region β North West | align="right" | 6.7 | align="right" | 7.3 | align="right" | 6.7 | align="right" | 6.6 (5.9) | align="right" | 5.9 |- | Region β South East | align="right" | 4.1 | align="right" | 4.8 | align="right" | 4.7 | align="right" | 4.7 (4.3) | align="right" | 4.1 |- | Region β South South | align="right" | 4.6 | align="right" | 4.7 | align="right" | 4.3 | align="right" | 4.0 (3.6) | align="right" | 3.3 |- | Region β South West | align="right" | 4.1 | align="right" | 4.5 | align="right" | 4.6 | align="right" | 3.9 (3.5) | align="right" | 3.4 |- |} Fertility data as of 2013 (DHS Program):<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR293/FR293.pdf |title=Demographic and Health Survey: 2013 |access-date=27 August 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706041111/http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR293/FR293.pdf |archive-date=6 July 2017 }}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! style="width:100pt;"| State ! style="width:100pt;"| Total fertility rate ! style="width:100pt;"| Percentage of women age 15β49 currently pregnant ! style="width:100pt;"| Mean number of children ever born to women age 40β49 |- |[[Abuja]]|| 3.8|| 8.3 || 4.7 |- |[[Benue State|Benue]]|| 5.2 || 13.0 || 6.8 |- |[[Kogi State|Kogi]]|| 4.2 || 9.4 || 5.7 |- |[[Kwara State|Kwara]]|| 5.1 || 7.2 || 5.2 |- |[[Nasarawa State|Nasarawa]]|| 5.4 || 10.8 || 5.8 |- |[[Niger State|Niger]]|| 6.1 || 14.8 || 5.8 |- |[[Plateau State|Plateau]]|| 5.4 || 11.2 || 5.6 |- |[[Adamawa State|Adamawa]]|| 5.8 || 15.6 || 6.7 |- |[[Bauchi State|Bauchi]]|| 8.1 || 16.9 || 8.4 |- |[[Borno State|Borno]]|| 4.7 || 12.7 || 5.2 |- |[[Gombe State|Gombe]]|| 7.0 || 14.3 || 7.9 |- |[[Taraba State|Taraba]]|| 6.0 || 10.6 || 7.1 |- |[[Yobe State|Yobe]]|| 6.6 || 13.4 || 7.4 |- |[[Jigawa State|Jigawa]]|| 7.6 || 15.1 || 7.6 |- |[[Kaduna State|Kaduna]]|| 4.1 || 21.0 || 5.7 |- |[[Kano State|Kano]]|| 6.8 || 12.6 || 7.7 |- |[[Katsina State|Katsina]]|| 7.4 || 17.3 || 8.4 |- |[[Kebbi State|Kebbi]]|| 6.7 || 16.9 || 8.2 |- |[[Sokoto State|Sokoto]]|| 7.0 || 14.1 || 7.3 |- |[[Zamfara State|Zamfara]]|| 8.4 || 17.0 || 8.7 |- |[[Abia State|Abia]]|| 4.2 || 7.3 || 5.0 |- |[[Anambra State|Anambra]]|| 4.2 || 6.0 || 4.7 |- |[[Ebonyi State|Ebonyi]]|| 5.3 || 9.1 || 7.1 |- |[[Enugu State|Enugu]]|| 4.8 || 8.4 || 5.9 |- |[[Imo State|Imo]]|| 4.8 || 8.3 || 5.0 |- |[[Akwa Ibom State|Akwa Ibom]]|| 3.9 || 5.3 || 5.4 |- |[[Bayelsa State|Bayelsa]]|| 4.5 || 11.3 || 6.1 |- |[[Cross River State|Cross River]]|| 5.4 || 9.1 || 5.5 |- |[[Delta State|Delta]]|| 4.1 || 10.6 || 5.6 |- |[[Edo State|Edo]]|| 4.4 || 6.3 || 5.7 |- |[[Rivers State|Rivers]]|| 3.8 || 9.5 || 4.9 |- |[[Ekiti State|Ekiti]]|| 4.3 || 7.0 || 5.2 |- |[[Lagos State|Lagos]]|| 4.1 || 7.2 || 4.3 |- |[[Ogun State|Ogun]]|| 5.4 || 10.6 || 4.9 |- |[[Ondo State|Ondo]]|| 5.2 || 9.1 || 5.2 |- |[[Osun State|Osun]]|| 4.1 || 6.8 || 4.3 |- |[[Oyo State|Oyo]]|| 4.5 || 11.9 || 5.1 |} Source: Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dhsprogram.com/Where-We-Work/Country-Main.cfm?ctry_id=30&c=Nigeria |title=Country Main |publisher=The DHS Program |access-date=29 August 2017 |archive-date=27 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827084115/http://dhsprogram.com/Where-We-Work/Country-Main.cfm?ctry_id=30&c=Nigeria |url-status=dead }}</ref> ====Fertility rate by state==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" |- ! rowspan=2| Variable ! colspan=7| TFR |- ! width="50"|2008 ! width="50"|2011* ! width="50"|2013 ! width="50"|2016* ! width="50"|2018 ! width="50"|2021* ! width="50"|2024 |- | align="left"|'''Nigeria''' || '''5.7''' || '''5.7''' || '''5.5''' || '''5.8''' || '''5.3''' || '''4.6''' || '''4.8''' |- | align="left"|Urban || 4.7 || 4.7 || 4.7 || 4.9 || 4.5 || 3.6 || 3.9 |- | align="left"|Rural || 6.3 || 6.3 || 6.2 || 6.3 || 5.9 || 5.4 || 5.6 |- | align="left"|Region β North Central || 5.4 || 4.9 || 5.3 || 5.3 || 5.0 || 4.1 || 4.2 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria|Abuja (FCT)]] || 4.0 || 3.8 || 4.5 || 4.6 || 4.3 || 3.2 || 3.2 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Benue State|Benue]] || 5.9 || 4.9 || 5.2 || 4.8 || 4.5 || 4.3 || 3.5 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Kogi State|Kogi]] || 4.2 || 3.9 || 4.2 || 3.7 || 4.8 || 3.3 || 4.9 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Kwara State|Kwara]] || 4.5 || 5.1 || 5.1 || 4.4 || 5.2 || 3.7 || 4.0 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Nasarawa State|Nasarawa]] || 4.7 || 5.5 || 5.4 || 5.7 || 5.3 || 4.5 || 4.3 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Niger State|Niger]] || 7.5 || 6.1 || 6.1 || 6.4 || 5.8 || 4.6 || 4.4 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Plateau State|Plateau]] || 5.3 || 4.5 || 5.4 || 5.6 || 4.7 || 4.4 || 4.4 |- | align="left"|Region β North East || 7.2 || 6.7 || 6.3 || 6.4 || 6.1 || 5.6 || 6.1 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Adamawa State|Adamawa]] || 6.8 || 5.6 || 5.8 || 5.5 || 6.1 || 4.2 || 5.3 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Bauchi State|Bauchi]] || 8.1 || 8.6 || 8.1 || 6.8 || 7.2 || 6.5 || 6.2 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Borno State|Borno]] || 7.1 || 6.7 || 4.7 || 6.1 || 5.2 || 5.9 || 6.5 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Gombe State|Gombe]] || 7.4 || 5.6 || 7.0 || 7.3 || 6.6 || 5.3 || 5.5 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Taraba State|Taraba]] || 5.9 || 5.3 || 6.0 || 5.5 || 5.4 || 4.9 || 5.2 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Yobe State|Yobe]] || 7.5 || 7.9 || 6.6 || 6.8 || 5.9 || 6.1 || 7.5 |- | align="left"|Region β North West || 7.3 || 7.2 || 6.7 || 7.3 || 6.6 || 6.3 || 5.9 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Jigawa State|Jigawa]] || 7.1 || 6.7 || 7.6 || 8.5 || 7.1 || 7.6 || 6.9 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Kaduna State|Kaduna]] || 6.3 || 7.9 || 4.1 || 5.6 || 5.9 || 5.7 || 5.6 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Kano State|Kano]] || 8.1 || 7.5 || 6.8 || 7.7 || 6.5 || 6.4 || 5.8 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Katsina State|Katsina]] || 7.2 || 8.2 || 7.4 || 7.5 || 7.3 || 7.4 || 5.7 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Kebbi State|Kebbi]] || 6.0 || 7.0 || 6.7 || 7.7 || 6.5 || 6.6 || 6.6 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Sokoto State|Sokoto]] || 8.7 || 5.2 || 7.0 || 7.3 || 7.0 || 5.2 || 5.4 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Zamfara State|Zamfara]] || 7.5 || 6.5 || 8.4 || 7.3 || 6.4 || 5.3 || 6.3 |- | align="left"|Region β South East || 4.8 || 5.1 || 4.7 || 4.6 || 4.7 || 3.5 || 4.1 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Abia State|Abia]] || 4.4 || 5.2 || 4.2 || 5.1 || 4.9 || 4.1 || 3.7 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Anambra State|Anambra]] || 5.0 || 5.7 || 4.2 || 4.3 || 4.7 || 3.0 || 3.7 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Ebonyi State|Ebonyi]] || 5.6 || 6.1 || 5.3 || 5.2 || 5.4 || 3.7 || 4.7 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Enugu State|Enugu]] || 4.4 || 4.3 || 4.8 || 3.8 || 4.1 || 3.4 || 3.5 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Imo State|Imo]] || 4.8 || 4.6 || 4.8 || 5.1 || 4.5 || 3.6 || 4.4 |- | align="left"|Region β South South || 4.7 || 4.9 || 4.3 || 4.3 || 4.0 || 3.5 || 3.3 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Akwa Ibom State|Akwa Ibom]] || 4.0 || 4.0 || 3.9 || 4.5 || 3.6 || 3.6 || 3.3 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Bayelsa State|Bayelsa]] || 5.8 || 6.7 || 4.5 || 4.8 || 4.4 || 4.2 || 3.8 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Cross River State|Cross River]] || 5.4 || 5.8 || 5.4 || 4.4 || 3.7 || 3.1 || 3.0 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Delta State|Delta]] || 4.5 || 5.3 || 4.1 || 5.2 || 4.4 || 4.0 || 3.7 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Edo State|Edo]] || 5.3 || 5.3 || 4.4 || 3.8 || 4.8 || 3.2 || 3.3 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Rivers State|Rivers]] || 4.3 || 4.3 || 3.8 || 3.3 || 3.9 || 3.1 || 2.9 |- | align="left"|Region β South West || 4.5 || 5.1 || 4.6 || 4.4 || 3.9 || 3.7 || 3.4 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Ekiti State|Ekiti]] || 5.0 || 4.8 || 4.3 || 4.4 || 4.6 || 3.9 || 3.8 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Lagos State|Lagos]] || 4.0 || 4.7 || 4.1 || 4.0 || 3.4 || 3.2 || 3.2 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Ogun State|Ogun]] || 5.4 || 5.6 || 5.4 || 4.5 || 3.8 || 4.8 || 4.1 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Ondo State|Ondo]] || 4.9 || 3.9 || 5.2 || 4.5 || 4.1 || 3.6 || 3.1 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Osun State|Osun]] || 4.0 || 4.9 || 4.1 || 4.7 || 3.8 || 3.5 || 3.3 |- | style="text-align:left; text-indent:20px;"|[[Oyo State|Oyo]] || 5.0 || 6.4 || 4.5 || 4.9 || 4.5 || 3.7 || 3.3 |- ! ! width="50"|2008 ! width="50"|2011* ! width="50"|2013 ! width="50"|2016* ! width="50"|2018 ! width="50"|2021* ! width="50"|2024 |} β MICS surveys ====Contraceptive prevalence==== {| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right" |- ! Year !! 1982!!1990!!1994!!1999!!2003!!2007!!2008!!2011!!2012!!2013!!2016!!2017 |- | align="left"|% of women ages 15β49 || 6.8% ||6.0%||13.4%||15.3%||12.6%||14.7%||14.6%||14.1%||13.5%||15.1%||20.4%||13.4% |} β [[UNICEF]]s state of the worlds children and child info, United Nations population divisions world contraceptive use, household surveys including demographic and health surveys and multiple indicator cluster surveys.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.CONU.ZS?locations=NG |title=Contraceptive prevalence, any methods (% of women ages 15β49) |publisher=[[World Bank Group]] |access-date=15 July 2018 |archive-date=15 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715094333/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.CONU.ZS?locations=NG |url-status=live }}</ref> === Life expectancy at birth === [[Life expectancy]] from 1950 to 2015 (''UN World Population Prospects''):<ref>{{cite web |url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/ |title=World Population Prospects β Population Division β United Nations |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-date=19 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919061238/https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[File:Life expectancy development in Nigeria.svg|thumb|300px|Life expectancy in Nigeria since 1950]] [[File:Life expectancy by WBG -Nigeria -diff.png|thumb|300px|Life expectancy in Nigeria since 1960 by gender]] {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Period !Life expectancy in<br />Years |- |1950β1955 |33.81 |- |1955β1960 |{{increase}} 35.80 |- |1960β1965 |{{increase}} 38.13 |- |1965β1970 |{{increase}} 39.97 |- |1970β1975 |{{increase}} 42.03 |- |1975β1980 |{{increase}} 44.29 |- |1980β1985 |{{increase}} 46.02 |- |1985β1990 |{{decrease}} 45.95 |- |1990β1995 |{{decrease}} 45.87 |- |1995β2000 |{{increase}} 46.00 |- |2000β2005 |{{increase}} 46.94 |- |2005β2010 |{{increase}} 49.75 |- |2010β2015 |{{increase}} 51.88 |- |2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nigeria - life expectancy at birth 2022 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/382222/life-expectancy-at-birth-in-nigeria/ |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=Statista |language=en}}</ref> |{{increase}} 53.63 |} {{clear}}
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