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
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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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Indicator
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Unit
births per woman
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,258 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.