Population ages 00-04, female, per capita in Nigeria
Nigeria: Population ages 00-04, female, per capita was 0.0711 units per person in 2025. ▼ Falling
Population ages 00-04, female, per capita in Nigeria, 1960–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
In 2025, population ages 00-04, female, per capita in Nigeria stood at 0.0711 units per person. That is the lowest value across all 66 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population ages 00-04, female, per capita in Nigeria peaked at 0.0941 units per person in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.0711 units per person, in 2025.
Nigeria ranks 21st of 218 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.
Population ages 00-04, female, per capita in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.0855 units per person | — |
| 1961 | 0.0857 units per person | +0.2% |
| 1962 | 0.086 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0862 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 0.0865 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 0.0868 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 0.087 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 0.0872 units per person | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 0.0875 units per person | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 0.0877 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 0.088 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0884 units per person | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0889 units per person | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 0.0895 units per person | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 0.0902 units per person | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 0.0911 units per person | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0919 units per person | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 0.0927 units per person | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0934 units per person | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0939 units per person | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 0.0941 units per person | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.094 units per person | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.0938 units per person | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.0934 units per person | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.0928 units per person | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.0921 units per person | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.0913 units per person | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 0.0904 units per person | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0894 units per person | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0886 units per person | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 0.088 units per person | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.0875 units per person | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0873 units per person | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.087 units per person | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0868 units per person | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0867 units per person | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0867 units per person | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0867 units per person | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0866 units per person | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0866 units per person | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0868 units per person | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0871 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0875 units per person | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0879 units per person | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0883 units per person | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.0885 units per person | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0886 units per person | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0886 units per person | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0885 units per person | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0884 units per person | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0882 units per person | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0879 units per person | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0875 units per person | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0868 units per person | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0861 units per person | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0851 units per person | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0838 units per person | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0823 units per person | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0806 units per person | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0788 units per person | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0769 units per person | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0751 units per person | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0738 units per person | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0727 units per person | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 0.0718 units per person | -1.2% |
| 2025 | 0.0711 units per person | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0866 units per person | 0.0855 units per person | 0.0877 units per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.0908 units per person | 0.088 units per person | 0.0939 units per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.092 units per person | 0.0886 units per person | 0.0941 units per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.087 units per person | 0.0866 units per person | 0.088 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.088 units per person | 0.0868 units per person | 0.0886 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0847 units per person | 0.0788 units per person | 0.0882 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0736 units per person | 0.0711 units per person | 0.0769 units per person | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is population ages 00-04, female, per capita in Nigeria?
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita in Nigeria was 0.0711 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest population ages 00-04, female, per capita recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0941 units per person in 1980.
- What is the lowest population ages 00-04, female, per capita recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0711 units per person in 2025.
- How does Nigeria rank for population ages 00-04, female, per capita?
- Nigeria ranks 21st out of 218 countries with data for 2025.
- Is population ages 00-04, female, per capita rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Population ages 00-04, female, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Population ages 00-04, female divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Population ages 00-04, female ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Population ages 00-04, female World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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Population ages 00-04, female divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.