Lower middle income vs Nigeria: Fertility rate, total
Lower middle income
2.62 births per woman
in 2024
Nigeria
4.38 births per woman
in 2024
Lower middle income rank
18th
Nigeria rank
15th
Fertility rate, total over time
- Lower middle income
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 4.38 births per woman against 2.62 births per woman in Lower middle income, a difference of 1.76 births per woman.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.7 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.
Lower middle income ranks 18th and Nigeria ranks 15th of 47 groups.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.18 births per woman | 6.38 births per woman | 0.196 births per woman | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 5.75 births per woman | 6.72 births per woman | 0.9687 births per woman | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 5.08 births per woman | 6.66 births per woman | 1.58 births per woman | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 4.23 births per woman | 6.27 births per woman | 2.05 births per woman | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 3.54 births per woman | 6.07 births per woman | 2.53 births per woman | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 2.99 births per woman | 5.49 births per woman | 2.49 births per woman | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 2.67 births per woman | 4.55 births per woman | 1.89 births per woman | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Lower middle income or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 4.38 births per woman against 2.62 births per woman in Lower middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Lower middle income and Nigeria?
- 1.76 births per woman, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Nigeria?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Lower middle income and Nigeria rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Lower middle income ranks 18th and Nigeria ranks 15th of 47 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.