Nigeria · Statistic
Fertility of women of reproductive age (2018)
Births, Deaths & Fertility · Source: NPC via NBS
Single release · 2018 · not a trend
Three 2018 fertility measures for Nigeria's 36 states and the FCT — the total fertility rate, the mean number of children ever born to women aged 40 and over, and the share of women aged 15–49 currently pregnant. Each measures the same population differently, so they are shown one at a time, not on one axis.
Release
2018
Single period — not a trend
Measures
3
Each with its own unit
Observations
111
Across every measure
Single release · 2018
Total fertility rate, Births per woman — a single-release cross-section for 2018, 37 categories ranked high to low. Every exact value is listed in the table below.Showing the top 15 of 37 categoriesShow all 37 →
| # | Category | Value (Births per woman) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katsina | 7.3 |
| 2 | Bauchi | 7.2 |
| 3 | Jigawa | 7.1 |
| 4 | Sokoto | 7 |
| 5 | Gombe | 6.6 |
| 6 | Kano | 6.5 |
| 7 | Kebbi | 6.5 |
| 8 | Zamfara | 6.4 |
| 9 | Adamawa | 6.1 |
| 10 | Kaduna | 5.9 |
| 11 | Yobe | 5.9 |
| 12 | Niger | 5.8 |
| 13 | Ebonyi | 5.4 |
| 14 | Taraba | 5.4 |
| 15 | Nasarawa | 5.3 |
| 16 | Borno | 5.2 |
| 17 | Kwara | 5.2 |
| 18 | Abia | 4.9 |
| 19 | Edo | 4.8 |
| 20 | Kogi | 4.8 |
| 21 | Anambra | 4.7 |
| 22 | Plateau | 4.7 |
| 23 | Ekiti | 4.6 |
| 24 | Benue | 4.5 |
| 25 | Imo | 4.5 |
| 26 | Oyo | 4.5 |
| 27 | Bayelsa | 4.4 |
| 28 | Delta | 4.4 |
| 29 | Federal Capital Territory | 4.3 |
| 30 | Enugu | 4.1 |
| 31 | Ondo | 4.1 |
| 32 | Rivers | 3.9 |
| 33 | Ogun | 3.8 |
| 34 | Osun | 3.8 |
| 35 | Cross River | 3.7 |
| 36 | Akwa Ibom | 3.6 |
| 37 | Lagos | 3.4 |
Ranked high to low (Births per woman). This is a single release — a breakdown for 2018, not a trend. Every exact value is in the table below.
Looking for the trend?
A separate NBS series tracks the total fertility rate by state every year from 2018 to 2022 — a trend, where this page is a single 2018 release.
Total fertility rate, annual (2018–2022) →The three measures
Each measure is its own published table — folded here behind the control above, with its citation and full download kept.
Total fertility rate(Births per woman)
The “Total fertility rate” measure above. Previously published as Total Fertility Rate of Women of Reproductive Age (total_fertility_rate).
Cite this table
"Total Fertility Rate of Women of Reproductive Age (total_fertility_rate)", NPC via NBS, Annual Abstract of Statistics 2023, ref. NGA-NBS-ABSTRACT. Catalogued by Prism, https://prism-portal-sooty.vercel.app/statistics/nbs-vital-fertility-nga#member-nbs-vital-total-fertility-rate-of-women-of-reproductive-ag-total-fertility-rate-nga.
Mean children ever born (women 40+)(Children per woman)
The “Mean children ever born (women 40+)” measure above. Previously published as Total Fertility Rate of Women of Reproductive Age (mean_number_of_children_ever_born_to_women_age_40-).
Cite this table
"Total Fertility Rate of Women of Reproductive Age (mean_number_of_children_ever_born_to_women_age_40-)", NPC via NBS, Annual Abstract of Statistics 2023, ref. NGA-NBS-ABSTRACT. Catalogued by Prism, https://prism-portal-sooty.vercel.app/statistics/nbs-vital-fertility-nga#member-nbs-vital-total-fertility-rate-of-women-of-reproductive-ag-mean-number-of-children-ever-born-to-women-age-40-nga.
Women 15–49 currently pregnant(%)
The “Women 15–49 currently pregnant” measure above. Previously published as Total Fertility Rate of Women of Reproductive Age (percentage_of_women_age_'15-49_currently_pregnant).
Cite this table
"Total Fertility Rate of Women of Reproductive Age (percentage_of_women_age_'15-49_currently_pregnant)", NPC via NBS, Annual Abstract of Statistics 2023, ref. NGA-NBS-ABSTRACT. Catalogued by Prism, https://prism-portal-sooty.vercel.app/statistics/nbs-vital-fertility-nga#member-nbs-vital-total-fertility-rate-of-women-of-reproductive-ag-percentage-of-women-age-15-49-currently-pregnant-nga.
Source and citation
This page brings together 3 published tables from one release. Each table is catalogued from a public source table; how the data is extracted and checked is set out in the methodology.
"Fertility of women of reproductive age (2018)", NPC via NBS, Annual Abstract of Statistics 2023, ref. NGA-NBS-ABSTRACT. Catalogued by Prism, https://prism-portal-sooty.vercel.app/statistics/nbs-vital-fertility-nga.
Source: NPC via NBS. Source publication: Annual Abstract of Statistics 2023. Publisher: National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Catalogued by Prism; 2018.