Editing Demographics of Nigeria (section)

====Fertility rate by state====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
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! rowspan=2| Variable
! colspan=7| TFR
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! 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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
|}
∗ MICS surveys