Nigeria vs Sudan: Fertility rate, total

Nigeria
4.38 births per woman
in 2024
Sudan
4.26 births per woman
in 2024
Nigeria rank
15th
Sudan rank
16th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Nigeria
  • Sudan
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 4.38 births per woman against 4.26 births per woman in Sudan, a difference of 0.12 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sudan ahead.

Nigeria ranks 15th and Sudan ranks 16th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 5 and Sudan in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Nigeria Sudan Difference Ahead
1960s 6.38 births per woman 6.81 births per woman 0.433 births per woman Sudan
1970s 6.72 births per woman 6.87 births per woman 0.1509 births per woman Sudan
1980s 6.66 births per woman 6.33 births per woman 0.3345 births per woman Nigeria
1990s 6.27 births per woman 5.87 births per woman 0.407 births per woman Nigeria
2000s 6.07 births per woman 5.4 births per woman 0.6701 births per woman Nigeria
2010s 5.49 births per woman 4.89 births per woman 0.5942 births per woman Nigeria
2020s 4.55 births per woman 4.39 births per woman 0.1564 births per woman Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Nigeria or Sudan?
Nigeria, at 4.38 births per woman against 4.26 births per woman in Sudan as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Nigeria and Sudan?
0.12 births per woman, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Sudan?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Nigeria and Sudan rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Nigeria ranks 15th and Sudan ranks 16th of 218 countries.
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.